World's Biggest Analog
The World’s Biggest Analog is the first ever large-scale international collaboration, aiming to connect analogue habitats worldwide. Research from the WBA included human performance, sexological wellbeing and attitude, plant growth experiments, and intra-habitat environments.
The WBA connected some more experienced habitats and analogue organisations, such as ICEE.Space and LunAres, but also allowed newly started analogue bases to join and participate in world-class research, focused on the not-so-distant future, in which we will see multiple extra-terrestrial bases on the Moon, Mars, and in orbit, all communicating yet in isolation.
Exosuits and Spacecrime
During ADAMA, the soft, lightweight, robotic exosuit developed by Dr. Pulvirenti from the University of Bristol, was first tested in lunar dust environments, in combinationo with ICEE.Space’s latest adaptation of our space suit simulator, the IS-1. This technology could pave the way for future wearable robotic systems that enhance astronaut performance and reduce fatigue during extra-vehicular surface activities
Another main research topic, and another world’s first, was the introduction of a crime in space. An incredibly hard, but unfortunately critical part of preparation for long-duration space missionos. Headed by the VU Amsterdam, this study looked into the effects on crew members in close-confinement when trust is broken and relationships take a hit.
Lunar Regolith Studies
One of the main reasonos ADAMA took place indoor, instead of the more traditional extreme outdoors of ICEE.Space major campaigns, has to do with the very specific environment created for us by the University of Adelaide.
The lunar landscape has been physically altered and weathered under completely different processes than we know on Earth. This makes the regolith, or lunar “soil”, toxic to humans and plants, a danger to any moving mechanical parts, and a strangely reflective surface, making positioning and navigation surprisingly hard. During EVA’s, using our space suit simulators and portable air supply units, the ADAMA crew braved the dangers of the regolith and performed deployment tasks, exosuit-supported physical exercises, and rover operations.
