Space agriculture in micro- and hypo-gravity: A comparative study of soil hydraulics and biogeochemistry in a cropping unit on Earth, Mars, the Moon and the space station

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 58, Issue 14-15, 2010, Pages 1996-2007

  Maggi, Federico ^a   Pallud, Céline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Bioregenerative life support system; Earth; Hydraulics; Hypogravity; International space station; Mars; Microgravity; Moon; Space agriculture

Indexed keywords

BIOREGENERATIVE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; EARTH; HYPOGRAVITY; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONS; MARS; SPACE AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; EARTH (PLANET); FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDRAULICS; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; LEACHING; LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS (SPACECRAFT); MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; SEWAGE; SOILS; SPACE STATIONS;

MOON;

EID: 78449288407     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2010.09.025     Document Type: Article

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