Bio-regenerative life support system development for Lunar/Mars habitats

42nd International Conference on Environmental Systems 2012, ICES 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Giacomelli, Gene A ^a,g   Furfaro, Roberto ^a,h   Kacira, Murat ^a,g   Patterson, Lane ^a,i   Story, David ^a,g   Boscheri, Giorgio ^b,j   Lobascio, Cesare ^b,k   Sadler, Phil ^c   Pirolli, Marzia ^d,l   Remiddi, Roberta ^d,l   Thangavelu, Madhu ^e,m   Catalina, Maria ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b THALES ALENIA SPACE ITALIA   (Italy)

^c Sadler Machine Company   (United States)

^d Aero Sekur SpA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Astronaut Teacher Alliance   (United States)

^g Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering   (United States)

^h Department of Systems and Industrial Engineering ^*  (United States)

ⁱ CEAC   (United States)

^j Space Environment and Habitat ^*  (Italy)

^k not available   (Italy)

^l Agrotech and Prototype Unit   (Italy)

^m University of Southern California   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; CULTIVATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; LUNAR MISSIONS; NASA; PLANT LIFE EXTENSION; WASTE TREATMENT; WATER RECYCLING;

BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; CONCENTRATED SUNLIGHTS; CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT AGRICULTURES; DECISION SUPPORTS; SYSTEM MONITORING; UNIQUE FEATURES; UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA; VEGETARIAN DIET;

MONITORING;

EID: 85066969171     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2012-3463     Document Type: Conference Paper

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