SpaceFarers Corporation markets life support technology (and ancillary products) for space exploration and sustainable living on the earth

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Banks in the are looking pretty stupid right about now. It’s very much a case of “you were so preoccupied with whether or not you could that you didn’t stop to think if you should.” #metaverse UK bank HSBC was the first provider to enter the virtual world The Sandbox, following in the footsteps of JPMorgan which set up shop in Decentraland. But judging from the screenshots below they’re all a hot mess with no real strategy behind them. HSBC said it wanted to “create innovative brand experiences for new and existing customers” but to do what exactly? Wander around a branded virtual stadium? KB Kookmin Bank is said to be developing a VR branch test, enabling its customers to access banking services in the metaverse and be used for education and training. The training I get, but banking services in the metaverse? Come on, I wrote about why the metaverse is becoming a very poor carbon copy of the real world built with digital bricks and mortar instead. If you really wanted to create something then partner with Hasbro and build an immersive Game Of Life — Banking Edition experience that leads would-be customers on a financial and educational journey about money (free idea, knock yourselves out) Make it fun. Don’t build a bloody bank branch with a poorly animated tiger and expect people to engage in it. JFC did we learn nothing from Second Life (please, please look at the Dell video I posted last week!) And on that note about history — here are a few headlines from the early 2000s. Bank Failure in Second Life Leads to Calls for Regulation Virtual Banking Banned in Second Life Suggestions that Second Life’s virtual banking industry faces collapse are raising eyebrows Entropia Universe gets a real-world banking license In fact, according to update ToS, Second Life pulled all virtual banking facilities offered and banned them entirely. Such was the state of virtual banking that became an unregulated scam fest. “The Second Life Terms of Service prohibit offering interest or any direct return on investment (whether in L$ or other currency) from any object, such as an ATM, located in Second Life, without proof of an applicable government registration statement or financial institution charter.” Where there is a virtual economy there is the opportunity to bend the rules and with all its promise of decentralization and disintermediation offers the chance for ‘banks’ to enter and get away with quite a lot more than they would in the real world — especially where they use the cryptocurrencies native to the platforms. #web3 Even as far back as 2009 that stalwart virtual world called EVE Online had its own bank (of sorts!) An EVE Online player set up a fully-functional bank before going on to become the CEO and rob it, exchanging the funds for real-life currency. Given the game has an extremely strong virtual world goods and services economy that mirrors real-world economics, it was no surprise that some particularly apt spacefarers managed to put together a fully-functioning bank a few years back, complete with intricate interest repayment systems and (almost) airtight liquidity failsafe. The only issue was the bank’s in-game CEO, who had plans of his own - specifically, planned to embezzle over 200 billion ISK (EVE's in-game currency) and convert it into real-life Australian dollars. “Some ingenious players created a bank back in 2009 called the E-Bank, I was a customer of E-Bank myself, just to see how they were doing it. They basically created a vostro account system, kind of like what exists in the central bank of a country.” “They were issuing loans out of the common pool and paying interest as a result,” Pétursson says. “They had a board and it was extremely well done. It takes a lot of ingenuity both to have the idea and to execute it - but then the CEO of the bank made a run [for it]. So we’ve been here before, and we’re here once again. Will HSBC lend $SAND? Can you mortgage a plot of land in Decentraland by borrowing $MANA from JP Morgan? Will their lending interest rates be astronomical to offset crypto volatility? Right now there are no regulations governing banking in the metaverse and financial institutions would be well to heed and research what happened 15 years ago before falling for the slick consultancy pitches or the savvy who can pull the rug as they did in EVE. Also published . here

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Salesforce developers have contributed much to the open-source community. Among their many contributions is an important, but perhaps lesser-known, project named oclif. The was announced in early 2018 and has since grown to become the foundation for the Salesforce CLI and the Heroku CLI. Open CLI Framework In this post, we will provide a brief overview of oclif, and then we’ll walk through how to build a simple CLI with oclif. A Brief History of oclif Oclif started as an internal Heroku project. Heroku has always been focused on developer experience, and its CLI sets the standard for working with a service via the API. After all, Heroku is the creator of for deployment—a standard now widely used across the industry. git push heroku If you've ever run or , then you've used oclif. From the start, oclif was designed to be an open, extensible, lightweight framework for quickly building CLIs, both simple and complex. heroku ps sfdx auth:list More than four years after release, oclif has become the authoritative framework for building CLIs. Some of the most popular oclif components see more than a million weekly downloads. The oclif project is still under active development. Some examples of high-profile companies or projects built via oclif include: Salesforce Heroku Twilio Adobe Firefly Stream Why would a developer choose oclif today? There are many reasons one might want to build a CLI. Perhaps your company has an API, and you'd like to make it easier for customers to consume it. Maybe you work with an internal API, and you'd like to run commands via the CLI to automate daily tasks. In these scenarios, you could always write Powershell or Bash scripts or build your own CLI from scratch, but oclif is the best option. Oclif is built on Node.js. It runs on all major operating systems and has multiple distribution options. Along with being fast, oclif is also self-documenting and supports plugins, allowing developers to build and share reusable functionality. As oclif rapidly gains adoption, more and more libraries, plugins, and useful packages are becoming available. For example, comes pre-packaged with the package and provides common UX functionality such as spinners and tables, and progress bars, which you can add to your CLI. cli-ux @oclif/core It's easy to see why oclif is a success and should be your choice for building a CLI. Introduction to Our Mini-project Let’s set the scene for the CLI you will build. You want to build your own CLI for one of your passions: . space travel You love space travel so much that you watch every SpaceX launch live, and you check the page more than you care to admit. You want to streamline this obsession by building a CLI for space travel details, starting with a simple command that will show you the number of people currently in space. Recently, you discovered a service called that has an API endpoint for this purpose. HowManyPeopleAreInSpaceRightNow.com Open Notify We'll use the command to create our project, which will scaffold a new CLI project with some sensible defaults. Projects created with this command use TypeScript by default—which is what we'll use for our project—but can be configured to use vanilla JavaScript as well. oclif generate Creating the Project To start, you’ll need Node.js locally if you don’t already have it. The oclif project requires the use of an active . LTS version of Node.js You can verify the version of Node.js that you have installed via this command: / $ node -v
v16.15.0 Next, install the oclif CLI globally: / $ npm install -g oclif Now, it’s time to create the oclif project using the generate command: / $ oclif generate space-cli

     _-----_
    |       |    ╭──────────────────────────╮
    |--(o)--|    │  Time to build an oclif  │
   `---------´   │    CLI! Version: 3.0.1   │
    ( _´U`_ )    ╰──────────────────────────╯
    /___A___\   /
     |  ~  |
   __'.___.'__
 ´   `  |° ´ Y `

Cloning into '/space-cli'... At this point, you will be presented with some setup questions. For this project, you can leave them all blank to use the defaults (indicated by the parentheses), or you can choose to fill them out yourself. The final question will ask you to select a package manager. For our example, choose . npm Starting with oclif’s hello world command From here, oclif will finish creating your CLI project for you. In the folder, you'll find some node scripts that you can run to test out your CLI while you're developing. These scripts will run the command from the built files in the folder. If you just run the script as is, you'll see something like this message: bin/ dist/ / $ cd space-cli/
/space-cli $ ./bin/run
oclif example Hello World CLI

VERSION
  space-cli/0.0.0 darwin-arm64 node-v16.15.0

USAGE
  $ space-cli [COMMAND]

TOPICS
  hello    Say hello to the world and others
  plugins  List installed plugins.

COMMANDS
  hello    Say hello
  help     Display help for space-cli.
  plugins  List installed plugins. By default, if you don’t specify a command to run for the CLI, it will display the help message. Let’s try again: /space-cli $ ./bin/run hello
 >   Error: Missing 1 required arg:
 >   person  Person to say hello to
 >   See more help with --help This time, we received an error. We’re missing a required argument: We need to specify who we’re greeting! /space-cli $ ./bin/run hello John
 >   Error: Missing required flag:
 >    -f, --from FROM  Whom is saying hello
 >   See more help with --help We received another helpful error message. We need to specify the greeter as well, this time with a flag: /space-cli $ ./bin/run hello John --from Jane
hello John from Jane! (./src/commands/hello/index.ts) Finally, we’ve properly greeted John, and we can take a look at the hello command’s code, which can be found in . It looks like this: src/commands/hello/index.ts import {Command, Flags} from '@oclif/core'

export default class Hello extends Command {
  static description = 'Say hello'

  static examples = [
    `$ oex hello friend --from oclif
hello friend from oclif! (./src/commands/hello/index.ts)
`,
  ]

  static flags = {
    from: Flags.string({char: 'f', description: 'Whom is saying hello', required: true}),
  }

  static args = [{name: 'person', description: 'Person to say hello to', required: true}]

  async run(): Promise<void> {
    const {args, flags} = await this.parse(Hello)

    this.log(`hello ${args.person} from ${flags.from}! (./src/commands/hello/index.ts)`)
  }
} As you can see, an oclif command is simply defined as a class with an method, which unsurprisingly contains the code that is executed when the command runs. In addition, some static properties provide additional functionality, although they're all optional. async run() The and properties are used for the help message. description examples The property is an object which defines the flags available for the command, where the keys of the object correspond to the flag name. We'll dig into those a bit more later. flags Finally, is an array of objects representing arguments the command can take with some options. args The method parses the arguments and flags and then prints out a message using the argument and flag using (a non-blocking alternative to ). Notice both the flag and argument are configured with , which is all it takes to get validation and helpful error messages like those we saw in our earlier testing. run() person from this.log() console.log required: true Creating our own command Now that we understand the anatomy of a command, we’re ready to write our own. We’ll call it , and it will print out the number of people currently in space. You can delete the hello folder in , since we won't need it anymore. The oclif CLI can help us scaffold new commands, too: humans src/commands /space-cli $ oclif generate command humans

     _-----_
    |       |    ╭──────────────────────────╮
    |--(o)--|    │    Adding a command to   │
   `---------´   │ space-cli Version: 3.0.1 │
    ( _´U`_ )    ╰──────────────────────────╯
    /___A___\   /
     |  ~  |     
   __'.___.'__   
 ´   `  |° ´ Y ` 

   create src\commands\humans.ts
   create test\commands\humans.test.ts

No change to package.json was detected. No package manager install will be executed. Now we have a file we can edit, and we can start writing our command. The Open Notify API endpoint we will use can be found at the following URL: humans.ts http://open-notify.org/Open-Notify-API/People-In-Space/ As you can see in the description, the endpoint returns a simple JSON response with details about the humans currently in space. Replace the code in with the following: src/commands/humans.ts import {Command} from '@oclif/core'
import {get} from 'node:http'

export default class HumanCommand extends Command {
  static description = 'Get the number of humans currently in space.'

  static examples = [
    '$ space-cli humans\nNumber of humans currently in space: 7',
  ]

  public async run(): Promise<void> {
    get('http://api.open-notify.org/astros.json', res => {
      res.on('data', d => {
        const details = JSON.parse(d)
        this.log(`Number of humans currently in space: ${details.number}`)
      })
    }).on('error', e => {
      this.error(e)
    })
  }
} Here’s a breakdown of what we’re doing in the code above: Send a request to the Open Notify endpoint using the package. http Parse the JSON response. Output the number with a message. Catch and print any errors we may encounter along the way. For this first iteration of the command, we didn’t need any flags or arguments, so we’re not defining any properties for those. Testing our basic command Now, we can test out our new command. First, we’ll have to rebuild the files, and then we can run our command just like the hello world example from before: dist/ /spacecli $ npm run build

> space-cli@0.0.0 build
> shx rm -rf dist && tsc -b


/spacecli $ ./bin/run humans
Number of humans currently in space: 7 Pretty straightforward, isn’t it? You now have a simple CLI project, built via the oclif framework, that can instantly tell you the number of people in space. Enhancing our command with flags and a nicer UI Knowing how many people are currently in space is nice, but we can get even more space data! The endpoint we’re using provides more details about the spacefarers, including their names and which spacecraft they are on. We’ll take our command one step further, demonstrating how to use flags and giving our command a nicer UI. We can output our data as a table with the package, which has been rolled into (as of version ). To ensure we have access to , let’s update our packages. cli-ux @oclif/core 1.2.0 cli-ux /spacecli $ npm update We can add an optional flag to our command to print out this data in a table. We use the function for this pretty output. --table humans CliUx.ux.table() import {Command, Flags, CliUx} from '@oclif/core'
import {get} from 'node:http'

export default class HumansCommand extends Command {
  static description = 'Get the number of humans currently in space.'

  static examples = [
    '$ space-cli\nNumber of humans currently in space: 7',
  ]

  static flags = {
    table: Flags.boolean({char: 't', description: 'display who is in space and where with a table'}),
  }

  public async run(): Promise<void> {
    const {flags} = await this.parse(HumansCommand)

    get('http://api.open-notify.org/astros.json', res => {
      res.on('data', d => {
        const details = JSON.parse(d)
        this.log(`Number of humans currently in space: ${details.number}`)
        if (flags.table) {
          CliUx.ux.table(details.people, {name: {}, craft: {}})
        }
      })
    }).on('error', e => {
      this.error(e)
    })
  }
} In our updated code, our first step was to bring back the property. This time we're defining a boolean flag—it's either there, or it isn’t—as opposed to string flags which take a string as an argument. We also define a description and a shorthand -t for the flag in the options object that we're passing in. flags Next, we parse the flag in our method. If it’s present, we display a table with . The first argument, , is the data we want to display in the table, while the second argument is an object that defines the columns in the table. In this case, we define a and a column, each with an empty object. (There are some for the table columns, but we don't need any in this case.) Oclif will look for those properties on the data object that we pass in and take care of everything else for us! run CliUx.ux.table() details.people name craft configuration options We can build and rerun the command with the new table flag to see what that looks like: /spacecli $ ./bin/run humans --table
Number of humans currently in space: 10
 Name                   Craft    
 ───────────────── ──────── 
 Oleg Artemyev          ISS      
 Denis Matveev          ISS      
 Sergey Korsakov        ISS      
 Kjell Lindgren         ISS      
 Bob Hines              ISS      
 Samantha Cristoforetti ISS      
 Jessica Watkins        ISS      
 Cai Xuzhe              Tiangong 
 Chen Dong              Tiangong 
 Liu Yang               Tiangong Beautiful! Add some more functionality on your own At this point, our example project is complete, but you can easily build more on top of it. The Open Notify service provides an API endpoint to get the of the International Space Station. You might add that functionality, too, with a command such as to return the location when run. current location space-cli iss What about distribution? You might be thinking about distribution options for sharing your awesome new CLI. You could publish this project to npm via a simple command. You could create a tarball to distribute the project internally to your team or coworkers. You could also create a Homebrew formula if you wanted to share it with macOS users. Oclif can you with any of these options. help Conclusion We started this article by reviewing the history of oclif, along with the many reasons why it should be your first choice when creating a CLI. Some of its advantages include speed, extensibility, and a variety of distribution options. We learned how to scaffold a CLI project and add new commands to it, and built a simple CLI as an example. Now that you’ve been equipped with knowledge and a new tool, go out and be dangerous. Also Published Here

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Here’s a beautiful paradox. Our bodies have elements found in stars, yet we’ve not evolved to survive in the extremes of space. Sheltered by the crown jewel in our Solar System, a permanent multi-planetary presence forces us to re-think the most basic assumptions about our physiology, psychology, basic functioning, and emotional needs. How can we test prototypes, technologies, and human dynamics for space settlements? A sustained presence in space requires more than a hardware fix. on Earth have been serving as a “petri dish” for decades, informing scientists about the human dimensions for spaceflight and exploration. Of course, the scope and breadth of these field missions vary. Still, at its core, they set out to simulate space-like environments in extreme areas to assess how we respond accordingly. Analog missions I’ve noticed the widening gap between the increased commercialization of the space industry and analog work on Earth for space. Only a few space agencies, research institutions, and private initiatives undertake the challenge of analog work, simulating space-like conditions and experiences for research and development (R&D). These initiatives remain relatively siloed, forcing scientists, explorers, and organizers to often scramble for additional sponsorship sources. I met with two seasoned analog researchers to further understand the dynamics of this current scenario. Ladakh: A Petri dish for Mars in the Himalayas Based in Mumbai, Ph.D. is the Head of two major divisions at Amity University Mumbai- part of India’s largest non-profit private educational group. Siddharth leads the . With a doctorate in aerospace engineering, Siddharth has a breadth and depth of experience in the space industry. He currently also serves in an advisory capacity to several space organizations and he's the project coordinator for the Spaceward Bound India Program. Siddharth Pandey Amity Space Centre and India’s first Centre of Excellence in Astrobiology (ACoeA) The Spaceward Bound Program started at NASA Ames Research Center in 2006. This annual educational program unites astrobiologists, scientists, and students in extreme environments for research and study. Earlier expeditions were conducted in remote areas in the Mojave Desert, Idaho, North Dakota, Australia, New Zealand, and the Polar regions. Ladakh, India was the site for the Spaceward Bound Program in August 2016. Ladakh Spaceward program 2016. (Photo credits: Siddharth Pandey) Ladakh is located in the easternmost section of the Himalayas (3500 - 5500 meters above sea level). With cold temperatures and high ultraviolet exposure due to its elevation, Ladakh has unique topological features that are of particular interest to scientists and analog explorers alike. For example, it has natural hot springs filled with microbial organisms adapted to reduced oxygen levels and atmospheric pressure. Salty lakes coexist with arid desert, making Ladakh in many ways possibly similar to ancient Mars. Data sourced by rovers points that liquid water and warmer temperatures were maybe present on the Martian surface. Despite this rich “petri dish'' for research and development, Ladakh is a lesser studied region for human space exploration. Siddharth co-authored the paper about the 2016 expedition. The International Journal of Astrobiology published this paper. It presents data to prove why Ladakh is an essential place of study for scientists and explorers. “Ladakh: diverse, high-altitude extreme environments for off-earth analog and astrobiology research” “What we see today in Ladakh is helping us build the picture about what Mars was like 2 billion years ago, and also how it changed,” explained Siddharth. “For example, as a result of climate change on Earth, we see that there are several high-altitude lakes in Ladakh, which are slowly receding because the water is evaporating faster than it's getting filled up. Many of these phenomena occurred on Mars over a long time, so this opportunity at Ladakh helps us understand the Martian past in terms of how the surface atmospheric processes enable life and what kind of life forms exist in these harsh conditions? And if such life forms existed on Mars, what kind of environments would they exist in and what kind of byproducts would they have left behind.” Another dimension for the analog work at Ladakh in 2016 includes productivity. Under such extreme conditions, physical and mental fatigue sets in, aggravated by lower oxygen levels. As a result, what would be easy to do based on someone’s given skill set becomes a gargantuan task. These factors forced mission organizers to understand the interplay of individual productivity, health, and emotional well-being with the group dynamics. Siddharth Pandey connected with me from Mumbai. 2021. “During our expedition, we noticed that there were so many cultural nuances that tend to become visible as in how people go about doing their work. And especially when you had researchers from different backgrounds and sciences, as is typical of astrobiology. And there’s also a sequence in which things are done. So, we need to understand that a site like Ladakh can help us train for such kinds of missions.” The Ladakh Spaceward program visit in 2016 received financial support from the publicly-traded automotive company Tata Motors and National Geographic Traveler India.  Researchers collaborated closely with scientists at the in the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) Ladakh Spaceward program 2016. (Photo credits: Siddharth Pandey) Siddharth offered his perspectives on the missed opportunities for the private sector. ”There might not be a clear and immediate return for a space company to invest in analog work unless they have a particular product and service that they would like to market. However, it will be increasingly important to link space research for sustainability on Earth. For example, what are the different technologies for Moon and Mars that can adapt to remote locations in dry environments, which are the usual sites for analog missions? And how can we support the communities that live in these kinds of places? Analog sites can be utilized by companies with applications here on Earth as well, for example, testing low-energy consumption waste management or water filtration systems.” Siddharth explained how his team at the Amity Centre of Excellence in Astrobiology continues to push forward and partner with research and educational institutions for the Mars Amity Research Station (MARS) in Ladakh. For example, they’re planning to build temporary geodesic-dome structures over the next couple of years during specific seasons. Conceptualizing field drills for Moon and Mars with communications lags is another example. The team also wants to democratize the experience and access to the information by opening it up to the broader community of space enthusiasts. Through a new Earth and Space Exploration Program (ESEP) program, enthusiasts apply and partner up for a flat fee with scientists at Ladakh for several days. For the first open call pre-pandemic, more than 100 people had signed up. However, it was scaled down later by the organizers due to social distancing protocols. The Bangalore-based company provided some funding to ESEP 2021, thus showing the dynamism of India’s new space ecosystem. SatSure The first crew of the ESEP 2021 already achieved a major milestone this past July. They tested the Mars Amity Surface Characterization Operations Trainer (MASCOT) in the glacial lake bed of Tsokar at 4600 m above sea level. “Amity University has been very supportive of the work that I do. Space is still not the main focus for universities and especially private ones. I’ve had the opportunity to set up this new center with the freedom to do several things. Building something from scratch presents its challenges, but I’m excited about the prospects for the future.” Analog as Proxy for Imagination and Innovation Ph.D. is a consummate analog researcher and professional explorer. For the past decade, he has specialized in isolated, confined, and extreme environments. Born and based in Paris, France, Benjamin is an elected international fellow of the iconic and a human factor expert at the . He has participated in more than a dozen research expeditions and analog astronaut trainings, including the International MoonBase Alliance missions with the European Space Agency at the Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) habitat. The depth and range of Benjamin’s missions have taken him to remote locations in the Arctic circle, Iceland, Hawaii, Chile, among many others. Benjamin Pothier Explorers Club International Astronautical Federation Benjamin dreamed early in his life to become a jet pilot. However, these plans were cut short due to eyesight problems, so he pivoted to the arts as the launching pad for his career and analog research. For more than 15 years, Benjamin worked in various mediums, photography, sculpture, interactive installations, and film. He earned his doctorate in an interdisciplinary research program at the University of Plymouth's Planetary Collegium. One of his recent artworks ISSBM (ISS BLUE MARBLE), will be launched to the International Space Station next year in collaboration with the space company Nanoracks. By 2021, Benjamin has already participated in two analog missions. First, he served as Commander of the Orpheus Mission at the in northwest Poland. An international crew of 5 other analog astronauts lived and worked with Benjamin for two weeks. The research station is located in a modified nuclear bunker at a former military airport. The crew simulated extracurricular vehicular activities (EVA) and tested several tool prototypes. LunAres Research Station Orpheus Mission crew members Alicja Musial and Eduardo Salazar Perez during an EVA. (Photo credits: Benjamin Pothier) Benjamin also participated in the CHILL-ICE Moon mission in Iceland’s underground lava tubes. The mission was conceptualized by - a non-profit analog astronaut organization - under the International Lunar Exploration Working Group (ILEWG). A lava-tube is a natural volcanic cave formed after the lava has flowed downslope from a vent, hardened, and emptied. The mission simulated the construction of the first Lunar base (CHILL-ICE stands for the Construction of a Habitat Inside a Lunar-Analogue Lava-tube). Several scientists have proposed lunar caves as ideal sites for robotic and human exploration. These caves would serve as natural shelters from cosmic rays and micrometeorites. EuroMoonMars Benjamin Pothier entering the test site CHILL-ICE mission. 2021. (Photo credits: Benjamin Pothier) Benjamin shared how analog missions open up the study of human ecology, which explains how humans relate to their environments. Benjamin Pothier connected with me from Paris. 2021. “When I'm focusing on the human factor, I’m studying it from an anthropology angle. This allows me to distinguish what’s relevant for the future of human spaceflight because there will be a huge difference between selecting crew to the Moon and Mars compared to selecting crews for the Apollo program or for the International Space Station. I anonymize all my notes about the crew because it’s not about specific individuals. Instead, my study is about looking at the fundamentals of human beings living together under these strange conditions,” explained Benjamin. Benjamin described how easily the industry can overlook breakthroughs in the social dimensions of space settlements. Analog missions require significant effort, preparation, and rigor, especially at the psychological level. Often, those who work with tools and technologies without constraints have difficulty adjusting to the conditions in analog work. These restrictions might explain why the simulation's fidelity also requires ample dosages of imagination and creativity. “I have encountered brilliant scientists that cannot go easily along with the simulation of being somewhere else and playing along with a team. So the simulation also becomes part of the research. It’s a very collaborative process,” said Benjamin. “And although you cannot simulate the entirety of the factors in space for a perfect analog mission, you can replicate many, especially the interaction of crew in the ways they are going live and collaborate. There are also geographical, topological similarities on Earth with the Moon that help field tests and proofs-of-concept.” Benjamin noted a gradual increase in the number of private companies undertaking innovative approaches to support analog work. For example, some of these companies - - plan to build modular habitats on Earth in preparation for long-duration spaceflight. However, there is still evidence of a lack of support from the private sector. Throughout many of his missions, Benjamin has encountered dramatic reductions in the availability of commercial pressurized analog suits. Interstellar Lab “I’m quite surprised, to be honest, that SpaceX doesn’t have an analog division by now. If you plan to go to Mars, you should already be working on analog simulations. Furthermore, some studies are too expensive to conduct in the ISS. It's much easier for space agencies and private companies to conduct more experiments on Earth for long duration spaceflight.” Key takeaways Approaching the human dimensions for sustained space exploration requires a paradigm shift that looks beyond the hardware. Space is an unforgiving environment for the unprepared body and mind alike. Siddharth and Benjamin assessed the variety of factors that harness and truncate analog research missions. With increased stressors that can be simulated on Earth, they advocate that analog work equips us with field data and R&D suitable for spacefarers. To continue to focus on a couple of sectors in the space economy at the expense of the human factors will leave us seriously short-staffed for Lunar and Martian settlements. With an industry that continues to thrive year after year, the time has come for us to embrace analog missions with strength and purpose. We need to imagine our future in space and prepare for it. // is the concept artist featured on the header with (2015). Based in Romania, Bogdan has more than 12 years in the game industry. Science fiction books have inspired his artwork. Bogdan Tufecciu Jumpgates “Places, technologies, and stories inspire me,” said Bogdan. // update. 11.20.21. Since you’ve enjoyed this article, allow me to invite you to my new space blog - recently launched! 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