Obituary of Constance Adams, Space Habitat Designer

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Constance Adams, a notable space habitat architect, passed away at the age of 53. She began her impactful career after a tour of NASA’s Johnson Space Center in 1996, which ignited her passion for designing living facilities in space. Over two decades, Adams contributed significantly to the field, emphasizing the historical importance of space habitation in her interviews, particularly with Metropolis magazine in 1999. Her work remains a testament to innovative architectural solutions for extraterrestrial environments.

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Here is a rather interesting NY Times obituary of Constance Adams, space habitat architect.
I never heard of her, she died young (53), but sounds quite interesting and did some fun design stuff.
 
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I hadn't heard of her before this either, but she seems to have been on a good path. This seems like a good epitaph...

Ms. Adams had been interviewing for an architectural job in Houston in 1996 when she took a tour of NASA’s Johnson Space Center. The tour roused her curiosity and led to two decades of work that challenged her to create living facilities for humans in the rarefied environment of space.

“How could the child of a historian resist?” she said in an interview with Metropolis magazine in 1999. “This is a big historical effort of our time.”
 

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