BHEEM: The Made-in-India Space Home That Could One Day House Humans on the Moon or Mars
Getting humans to another world is only half the challenge The bigger question is where will they live once they get there Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla is looking beyond rockets and spacecraft with B H E E M Bharatiya Habitable Expandable Extraterrestrial Habitat a concept exploring how humans could build homes beyond Earth The idea emerged from Shukla s academic research during the Indian phase of his astronaut training and was conceptualised through research at the Aloke Lab at the Indian Institute of Science IISc Bengaluru The research brings together Shukla and IISc researchers Mritunjay Baruah Amogh Jadhav and Bimalendu Mahapatra A House That Travels in PiecesBHEEM tackles one of the biggest problems in building homes beyond Earth how do you transport a large habitat on a rocket with limited space Instead of launching a massive pre-built structure BHEEM proposes transporting smaller structural panels that can be stacked efficiently inside
