Lessons Learned from Biosphere 2 and Laboratory Biosphere Closed Systems Experiments for the Mars On Earth Project
| Accession number;06A0453704 |
| Title;Lessons Learned from Biosphere 2 and Laboratory Biosphere Closed Systems Experiments for the Mars On Earth Project |
| Author;AILING ABIGAIL(Biosphere Foundation, Ca, Usa) VAN THILLO MARK(Biosphere Foundation, Ca, Usa) DEMPSTER WILLIAM(Biospheric Design, Nm, Usa) NELSON MARK(Inst. Ecotechnics, London, Gbr) SILVERSTONE SALLY(Biosphere Foundation, Ca, Usa) ALLEN JOHN(Biospheric Design, Nm, Usa) |
Journal Title;Biol Sci Space
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Journal Code:L2173A
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ISSN:0914-9201
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VOL.19;NO.4;PAGE.250-260(2005)
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| Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.5, TBL.10, REF.27 |
| Pub. Country;Japan |
| Language;English |
| Abstract;Mars On Earth (MOE) is a demonstration/research project that will develop systems for maintaining 4 people in a sustainable (bioregenerative) life support system on Mars. The overall design will address not only the functional requirements for maintaining long term human habitation in a sustainable artificial environment, but the aesthetic need for beauty and nutritional/psychological importance of a diversity of foods which has been noticeably lacking in most space settlement designs. Key features selected for the Mars On Earth life support system build on the experience of operating Biosphere 2 as a closed ecological system facility from 1991-1994, its smaller 400 cubic meter test module and Laboratory Biosphere, a cylindrical steel chamber with horizontal axis 3.68 meters long and 3.65 meters in diameter. Future Mars On Earth agriculture/atmospheric research will include: determining optimal light levels for growth of a variety of crops, energy trade-offs for agriculture (e.g. light intensity vs. required area), optimal design of soil-based agriculture/horticulture systems, strategies for safe re-use of human waste products, and maintaining atmospheric balance between people, plants and soils. (author abst.) |
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