Design as an Astronaut explores sustainable lunar living, aligned with NASA’s Artemis program and ESA’s lunar exploration strategy. It features a video of an ESA astronaut performing VR simulations of Argonaut mission operations near Shackleton Crater, including deploying the inflatable habitat membrane, radiation shielding, regolith processing, and energy management. The video highlights In Situ Resource Utilisation and circular economy principles, inspiring sustainable practices on Earth.
Participants
VALENTINA SUMINI, CODY PAIGE, AND TOMMY NILSSON
BOSTON, USA; BOLOGNA, ITALY; MILAN, ITALY; COLOGNE, GERMANY
Valentina Sumini, Genova, Italy, 1985. Lives and works in Bologna and Milan, Italy, and Boston, USA.
Cody Paige, Toronto, Canada, 1986. Lives and works in Boston, USA.
Tommy Nilsson, Karlstad, Sweden, 1988. Lives and works in Cologne, Germany.
Authorial Collaborators
Joseph Paradiso, MIT Media Lab, Responsive Environments (Music and Soundscapes);
Marta Rossi, Politecnico di Torino, Politecnico di Milano (Space Architect); Leonie Bensch, German Aerospace Center, MIT Media Lab
(VR Developer); Deniz Gemici, Politecnico di Milano (Architect); Ardacan Özvanlıgil, Politecnico di Milano (Architect)
Team
Dava Newman, MIT Media Lab; Gui Trotti, Arizona State University; Aidan Cowley and Lionel Ferra, European Space Agency, European Astronaut Centre
Thanks
ESA Astronauts VR user-study Participants
Supporters
MIT Space Exploration Initiative; MIT Media Lab; ESA European Astronaut Centre; ESA XR Lab; Politecnico di Milano; Politecnico di Torino; German Aerospace Center
