HI-SEAS.ORG

KIM BINSTED, BINSTED@HAWAII.EDU

Long duration, high latency missions – what does NASA need?

•Astronaut or astronaut-like crew

•High-fidelity mission profile and environment

•Long-duration (4+ months) studies

•Site that allows both crew isolation and easy access by researchers

•High level of control of mission parameters (e.g. communications latency)

HI-SEAS• Small, self-contained, low-impact,

portable habitat

• Accommodates six crewmembers in ~1000 sq ft

• Laboratory and ‘robot garage’

• At disused quarry at ~8200’ on Mauna Loa side of Saddle Road

• Visually isolated with very little visible plant/animal life

• Many opportunities for relevant field work (e.g. geology, microbiology) in area

Habitat design

• Selected from ~700 applicants, ~150 qualified, 30 interviewed

• 1st selection strategy: “astronaut-like” to our best approximation

• 2nd selection strategy: avoid obvious demographic isolation• International: 2 non-US

• Linguistically diverse: 3 fluent in English as a second language

• No fewer than 2 of any gender

• Military/non-military background (failed a bit here)

• Engineering/science balance

First crew

Next Phase: “Key contributors to the maintenance and regulation of team function and performance on long duration exploration missions”

•AKA “How to keep crews sane”

•$1.2M over three years from NASA

•All about crew psychology and performance

•Three missions (4, 8 and 12 months in length) over three years

•Now seeking crew for all three missions.

Education and Public OutreachWhen not in use for analog missions, HI-SEAS will be available for education and public outreach. Potential activities include:

• Visits by community groups

• High-school robotics testing

• Undergraduate research projects

Seems to resonate with the public – lots of media coverage!

Crews are explicitly tasked with EPO.

Benefits to HI• Bringing federal $$ to UH and

into the economy

• Providing opportunities for our students

• Reminding the world that there is more to Hawai i̒ than beaches and palm trees

• Bringing international research here via opportunistic research projects

• Testing and demonstrating sustainable technologies

• Extending Hawai i̒’s voyaging tradition

Mālama HōnuaWorldwide Voyage

sponsored by Hawaiian Airlines

Launching Hōkūle‘aMarch 8, 1975

Pius “Mau”

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Worldwide Voyage Sail Plan2013 - 2017

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