Constance Adams

Adams was born in Boston in 1964 to Jeremy duQuesnay Adams, a medieval scholar at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, and Madeleine de Jean, a writer and connoisseur of champagne.{{Cite news|last=Heathcote|first=Edwin|date=2018-07-06|title=Constance Adams, space architect, 1964-2018|work=Financial Times|location=London|url=https://www.ft.com/content/d3db83b6-805b-11e8-af48-190d103e32a4|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221211181218/https://www.ft.com/content/d3db83b6-805b-11e8-af48-190d103e32a4|archive-date=11 December 2022|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-01}}

Adams studied sociology at Harvard University, then went on to Yale University, where she completed a master's degree in architecture. After a two-year apprenticeship with Kenzo Tange Associates in Tokyo, followed by four years working in Berlin on commercial and master planning projects. In the late 1990s she was employed by Lockheed Martin Space Operations, to support the NASA's Mars exploration research efforts at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, where she lived with her family.{{cite web|url=http://www.newschool.edu/pressroom/pressreleases/2007/20070328_parsons_taste.html|title=The New School. Press Releases.|website=newschool.edu|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113070935/http://www.newschool.edu/pressroom/pressreleases/2007/20070328_parsons_taste.html|archivedate=13 January 2014}} She was a Registered Architect.NMBEA 3138

She is particularly known for her developments in "sociokinetic" research, in which she discovered ways to measure how individuals interact with their built environments and with one another.{{Cite web|date=2018-06-25|title=Space Architect Constance Adams Dies at 53|url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/constance-adams-space-architect-obituary-culture|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001083426/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/constance-adams-space-architect-obituary-culture|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 October 2021|access-date=2021-10-01|website=Adventure}}

Adams died of colorectal cancer in Houston on 25 June 2018, aged 53.[https://web.archive.org/web/20180626015347/https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/06/constance-adams-space-architect-obituary-culture/ ] {{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/28/obituaries/constance-adams-architect-of-space-habitats-is-dead-at-53.html?smid=tw-nytobits&smtyp=cur|title=Constance Adams, Architect of Space Habitats, is Dead at 53|newspaper=The New York Times|date=28 June 2018|last1=Sandomir|first1=Richard}}

Among other projects, Adams was involved in developing the Lockheed Martin design of an inflatable module for the International Space Station.Adams, Constance, Kriss J. Kennedy. "ISS TransHab: A Space Inflatable Habitation Module" Proceedings of Space 2000: The Seventh International Conference and Exposition on Engineering, Construction, Operations and Business in Space (2000); American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston VA The module, known as TransHab ("transit habitat"), was designed to provide living quarters for astronauts aboard the space station, including a common room, gymnasium, shower, etc. Budget considerations and delays, as well as politics, meant that the module failed to develop beyond the design stage.{{cite web |url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c106:H.R.1654.ENR: |title=National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2000 |publisher=Library of Congress |author=106th Congress |date=24 January 2000 |accessdate=2007-05-26 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Subsequent to the TransHab project, Adams worked on crew cabin architecture and systems design for the X-38 Crew Return Vehicle,http://pdf.aiaa.org/preview/CDReadyMSPACE08_1872/PV2008_7834.pdf{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Orbital Space Plane and International Space Station.

In 2003 and 2004, Adams collaborated with UNDP Senior Water Policy Advisor Ingvar Andersson to organize the "Water for Two Worlds" summit at Columbia University and the UN, bringing representatives of NASA, the European Space Agency, the Columbia Earth Institute and other clean water advocacy groups to design an approach for transferring water cleansing techniques developed for spaceflight to applications that meet the Millennium Development Goals.{{cite web |url=http://www.earth.columbia.edu/news/2004/images/water_lenton.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-01-07 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140510112943/http://earth.columbia.edu/news/2004/images/water_lenton.pdf |archivedate=10 May 2014 }}

In 2005, Adams was named an Emerging Explorer by National Geographic.{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalgeographic.com/field/explorers/constance-adams/|title=Find a National Geographic Explorer|website=National Geographic Society|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217212212/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/field/explorers/constance-adams/|archive-date=17 February 2011}}

From 2004 to 2010, Adams worked with the International Space Station Program Office and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency to integrate the H-II Transfer Vehicle into ISS planning.

Founder of [http://www.synthesis-intl.com/ Synthesis International], Adams partnered with URS and Foster+Partners to work on the design of the world's first commercial spaceport terminal, the Spaceport America Terminal Facility, for the New Mexico Spaceport Authority and tenant Virgin Galactic.{{cite web|url=http://www.fosterandpartners.com/projects/spaceport-america/|title=Spaceport America – Foster + Partners|first=Foster + Partners /|last=fosterandpartners.com|website=fosterandpartners.com|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514004124/http://www.fosterandpartners.com/projects/spaceport-america/|archivedate=14 May 2013}} She was considered one of the first experts in spaceport planning,Adams, Constance, and Georgi Petrov. "Spaceport Master Planning: Principles and Precedents" AIAA-2006-7325, 2nd AIAA International Space Architecture Symposium, San Jose, CA, USA, September 2006. and lectured widely in design as well as science topics.{{cite web |url=http://www.jason.org/live/live.aspx?eid=6 |title=Live Event Page |accessdate=2013-03-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420070418/http://www.jason.org/live/live.aspx?eid=6 |archivedate=20 April 2010 }} and {{cite web |url=http://www.jason.org/public/WhatIs/CurrOIPMeet.aspx |title=Curriculum – Operation: Infinite Potential – Meet the Team |accessdate=2013-03-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303035344/http://www.jason.org/public/WhatIs/CurrOIPMeet.aspx |archivedate=3 March 2012 }};

Between 2008 and 2009, Adams participated in National Geographic's JASON Project (now JASON Learning, an independent 501c3) as a Host Researcher. She is featured in the last chapter (chapter 5) and supporting videos of the publication [https://jason.org/portfolio_item/energy-infinite-potential/ Infinite Potential].{{Cite web|title=Energy: Infinite Potential|url=https://jasonlearning.wpengine.com/portfolio_item/energy-infinite-potential/|access-date=2020-09-20|website=JASON Learning|language=en-US}} Her work in understanding sustainable systems is the emphasis of the chapter.

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