Grand challenges in space synthetic biology

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 12, Issue 113, 2015, Pages

  Menezes, Amor A ^a   Montague, Michael G ^b,f   Cumbers, John ^c   Hogan, John A ^c   Arkin, Adam P ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Applications of Vital Knowledge   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e University of California at Berkeley   (United States)

^f SynBioBeta LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Life support; Manufacturing; Resource utilization; Space cybernetics; Space medicine; Terraforming

Indexed keywords

AVIATION MEDICINE; BIOLOGY; EARTH (PLANET); MANUFACTURE; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MEDICINE; SPACE RESEARCH;

GRAND CHALLENGE; LIFE SUPPORTS; RESOURCE UTILIZATIONS; SPACE EXPLORATIONS; SPACE MEDICINES; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION; TERRAFORMING;

LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS (SPACECRAFT);

BIOTECHNOLOGY; COSMONAUT; HUMAN; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ANIMAL; PROCEDURES; SPACE FLIGHT; TRENDS;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; SPACE FLIGHT; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84954155853     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2015.0803     Document Type: Review

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