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Habitat Harmony: Lunar Stress Layout Simulator (LS²): **

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How can internal habitat layout and zoning reduce crew psychological stress and improve behavioral health in long-duration lunar missions within NASA’s volumetric and habitability constraints?

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A NASA-data-driven interactive simulator for evaluating psychological resilience in lunar habitat layouts. Mapping spatial configuration to psychological performance using validated NASA analog and design data.

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NASA-Derived Foundations

Data Source How It Informs the Simulator
NASA/TP-2020-220505 — Deep Space Habitability Design Guidelines Provides quantitative volume allocations and adjacency rules (e.g., crew quarters, hygiene, galley, exercise, waste) to generate layout constraints.
HERA Facility Documentation (2019) Defines mission durations (up to 45 days), crew size (4), lighting, and psychological stressor modeling for confined environments.
UND Lunar Daytime Behavioral Study (2020) Supplies behavioral metrics and flexibility parameters for analog missions, forming the core of the psychometric simulation.
AIAA “Internal Layout of a Lunar Surface Habitat” (2022) Establishes empirical area and volume tables for each function (e.g., 1.82 m² sleep, 1.06 m² hygiene) to constrain user design actions.
HDU / HERA Habitat Demonstration Unit reports (2013) Validates modular architecture and ergonomic flow for realistic layout rendering.
MMPACT / Moon-to-Mars Architecture (2024) Contextualizes lunar surface construction methods and power/logistics coupling for surface missions.

Core Objective

Create an interactive simulation tool where users design interior layouts of a lunar habitat and receive quantitative psych-health feedback based on NASA-validated data (lighting, volume, adjacency, privacy).


How It Works

3. Simulation Phase

4. Feedback Phase