The MELISSA pilot plant facility as an integration test-bed for advanced life support systems

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 34, Issue 7 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 1483-1493

  Godia F ^a   Albiol, J ^a   Perez J ^a   Creus, N ^a   Cabello, F ^a   Montras A ^a   Masot, A ^a,b   Lasseur, Ch ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Advanced life support systems; Integration test bed; MELISSA pilot plant facility

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FATTY ACIDS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); WASTE TREATMENT; WATER RECYCLING;

ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GENETIC STABILITY; INTEGRATION TEST FOOD; MELISSA PILOT PLANT FACILITY;

LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS (SPACECRAFT);

EID: 7444238253     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.08.038     Document Type: Article

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