VARIABLE VOLUME AIRLOCK
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230182930A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-15

    申请号:US17546325

    申请日:2021-12-09

    IPC分类号: B64G1/60 B64G1/48

    摘要: An airlock for an extraplanetary environment includes an enclosed volume, an interior hatch separating the enclosed volume from a pressurized space, and an exterior hatch separating the enclosed volume from an external environment. The enclosed volume is selectably variable to reduce a mass of resources, lost into the external environment from the enclosed volume. A method of assembling an airlock for an extraplanetary environment includes defining an enclosed volume, positioning an interior hatch at the enclosed volume separating the enclosed volume from a pressurized space, and positioning an exterior hatch at the enclosed volume separating the enclosed volume from an external environment. The enclosed volume is selectably variable to reduce a mass of resources lost into the external environment from the enclosed volume.