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Plant production, energy balance and monitoring-control-telepresence in a recirculating hydroponic vegetable crop production system: prototype lunar greenhouse
Article number
1107_6
Pages
53 – 60
Language
English
Abstract
The goals of this investigation were to evaluate a Bioregenerative Life Support System (BLSS) approach for a sustained human surface presence on the Moon (or Mars) for a four-person crew by the development and/or demonstration of poly-culture crop production, system mass balances and flow of input/output resources, biomass recycling, energy generation, and monitoring/control with non-contact sensing and telepresence technologies.
Food production efficiency (kg/unit time/resource input) was determined based on fresh and dry weights produced per unit time, volume, and input resources.
A Solar Concentrated Power System using a Himawari was evaluated.
A Remote Experts Network and Decision Support System (RENDSys) was created to improve the monitoring and control capability with non-contact sensing and telepresence technologies.
An Energy Cascade Model for a multi-crop lunar greenhouse system was evaluated.
These component systems represent several of the major developmental needs for a future BLSS as determined by the Arizona-NASA Steckler Space Grant Program: Prototype Lunar Greenhouse Development.
Each was discussed individually in detail within the proceedings of the 44th International Conference on Environmental Systems, Tucson, Arizona.
This paper represents an overview of the Prototype Lunar Greenhouse Development based on those reports.
Food production efficiency (kg/unit time/resource input) was determined based on fresh and dry weights produced per unit time, volume, and input resources.
A Solar Concentrated Power System using a Himawari was evaluated.
A Remote Experts Network and Decision Support System (RENDSys) was created to improve the monitoring and control capability with non-contact sensing and telepresence technologies.
An Energy Cascade Model for a multi-crop lunar greenhouse system was evaluated.
These component systems represent several of the major developmental needs for a future BLSS as determined by the Arizona-NASA Steckler Space Grant Program: Prototype Lunar Greenhouse Development.
Each was discussed individually in detail within the proceedings of the 44th International Conference on Environmental Systems, Tucson, Arizona.
This paper represents an overview of the Prototype Lunar Greenhouse Development based on those reports.
Authors
G. Giacomelli, M. Kacira, R. Furfaro, R.L. Patterson, P. Sadler
Keywords
NASA Steckler Space Grant, BLSS, Bioregenerative Life Support, Moon, Mars, controlled environment, planetary habitat, urban agriculture
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