My Fulbright research will develop innovative design approaches for creating architecture on the Moon using local resources. These will keep inhabitants safe from micro-meteorites impacting at 8-72km per second and during resulting repairs. The findings will be useful for long-duration lunar missions and for managing hail damage costs on Earth.
Monika ‘Momo’ Stankiewicz is a PhD Candidate in the Andy Thomas Centre for Space Resources at the University of Adelaide. Her research focuses on the design of repairable architecture for the Moon using local resources to keep astronauts safe from micro-meteorite strikes. Before starting her PhD, she worked at Neumann Space for four years, enabling the development of an innovative plasma propulsion system.
Monika’s Fulbright Scholarship will enable deeper understanding of repairable, impact-resilient architecture for the Moon through using simulation tools at the University of Texas San Antonio. These findings will be further developed for application in easily repairable architecture for Australia.