Use of sunlight for plant lighting in a bioregenerative life support system - Equivalent system mass calculations

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1929-1943

  Drysdale, Alan ^a   Nakamura, Takashi ^b   Yorio, Neil ^c   Sager, John ^d   Wheeler, Ray ^d  

^a 20 New England Business Center ^*  (United States)

^b PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC   (United States)

^c DYNAMAC CORPORATION   (United States)

^d KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioregenerative systems; Plant lighting systems; Space life sciences

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; LIGHTING FIXTURES; LUNAR MISSIONS; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

BIOREGENERATION; BIOREGENERATIVE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; BIOREGENERATIVE SYSTEMS; CRITICAL ISSUES; EQUIVALENT SYSTEM; IN-SITU RESOURCE UTILIZATIONS; LIGHTING SYSTEMS; SPACE LIFE SCIENCE;

LIGHTING;

EID: 56149096299     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2008.09.020     Document Type: Article

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