The research center for space colony at the Tokyo University of science dual space-earth development of future living technologies

Recently, human space activities such as manned Mars exploration and lunar habitation have attracted widespread interest. To enhance human space activities, especially for long-distance missions, improving the technologies needed to live in space environments for long periods is essential. Many of these technologies overlap with technologies for terrestrial living. Tokyo University of Science (TUS) has established the Research Center for Space Colony (RCSC), funded by the Private University Research Branding Project of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). Although no individual department at TUS focuses on space technologies, TUS is home to many researchers who study myriad basic technologies; by effectively combining these technologies with space habitation, we hope to contribute to the expansion of human space activities. In this presentation, we outline the structure and plans of the RCSC.