ALTERNATIVE ILLUMINATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE HUMAN HABITATION OF SPACE

TO DATE, LIGHTING DEPLOYED IN SPACECRAFT HAS NOT TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF NEW LIGHT-SOURCE AND OPTICAL-CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES AVAILABLE TO EARTH-BASED ILLUMINATION SYSTEMS. THIS PROJECT WILL REVIEW THESE NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR APPLICABILITY TO MANNED SPACE PROGRAMS, SPECIFICALLY DEMONSTRATING THE INNOVATIVE USE OF NEW SOURCES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY USED IN HUMAN-TASK AND AMBIENT-ILLUMINATION SYSTEMS. NEW FLUORESCENT, HIGH-INTENSITY-DISCHARGE, LIGHT-EMITTING-DIODE, ELECTRO-LUMINESCENT, AND TRITIUM SOURCES WILL BE INVESTIGATED FOR ADVANTAGES IN MASS, VOLUME, POWER CONSUMPTION, AND PERFORMANCE LIFE OVER PRESENT SYSTEMS, AS WELL AS CRITICAL HUMAN FACTORS, SUCH AS SPECTRAL POWER DISTRIBUTION, CHROMATICITY COORDINATES, AND COLOR-RENDERING CAPABILITIES. EMPLOYING CADD, EXTENSIVE LUMINAIRE DESIGN AND ANALYSIS SOFTWARE, FULL-SCALE MOCKUPS, AND APPROPRIATE SOURCES WILL BE INTEGRATED WITH NEW CRYSTAL, INTERNAL-REFLECTIVE LENSES AND HOLOGRAPHIC FILMS TO DEMONSTRATE INNOVATIVE, FUNCTIONAL ILLUMINATION SYSTEMS FOR HUMAN HABITATION. ADDITIONAL COMPUTER ANALYSIS WILL CONFIRM CONSIDERATIONS OF DIRECT GLARE, VEILING REFLECTIONS, AND LUMINANCE DISTRIBUTIONS IN THE VISUAL FIELD, WHICH ARE PARAMOUNT CONCERNS UPON INSTALLATION. TO DATE, LIGHTING DEPLOYED IN SPACECRAFT HAS NOT TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF NEW LIGHT-SOURCE AND OPTICAL-CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES AVAILABLE TO EARTH-BASED ILLUMINATION SYSTEMS. THIS PROJECT WILL REVIEW THESE NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR APPLICABILITY TO MANNED SPACE PROGRAMS, SPECIFICALLY DEMONSTRATING THE INNOVATIVE USE OF NEW SOURCES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY USED IN HUMAN-TASK AND AMBIENT-ILLUMINATION SYSTEMS. NEW FLUORESCENT, HIGH-INTENSITY-DISCHARGE, LIGHT-EMITTING-DIODE, ELECTRO-LUMINESCENT, AND TRITIUM SOURCES WILL BE INVESTIGATED FOR ADVANTAGES IN MASS, VOLUME, POWER CONSUMPTION, AND PERFORMANCE LIFE OVER PRESENT SYSTEMS, AS WELL AS CRITICAL HUMAN FACTORS, SUCH AS SPECTRAL POWER DISTRIBUTION, CHROMATICITY COORDINATES, AND COLOR-RENDERING CAPABILITIES. EMPLOYING CADD, EXTENSIVE LUMINAIRE DESIGN AND ANALYSIS SOFTWARE, FULL-SCALE MOCKUPS, AND APPROPRIATE SOURCES WILL BE INTEGRATED WITH NEW CRYSTAL, INTERNAL-REFLECTIVE LENSES AND HOLOGRAPHIC FILMS TO DEMONSTRATE INNOVATIVE, FUNCTIONAL ILLUMINATION SYSTEMS FOR HUMAN HABITATION. ADDITIONAL COMPUTER ANALYSIS WILL CONFIRM CONSIDERATIONS OF DIRECT GLARE, VEILING REFLECTIONS, AND LUMINANCE DISTRIBUTIONS IN THE VISUAL FIELD, WHICH ARE PARAMOUNT CONCERNS UPON INSTALLATION.