NASA's Controlled Environment Agriculture Testing for Space Habitats
- Author:
- Wheeler, Raymond M.
- Published:
- November 10, 2014.
- Physical Description:
- 1 electronic document
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- Unclassified, Unlimited, Publicly available.
- Summary:
- NASA and other space agencies have an interest in using plants for human life support in space. The plants could provide food and O2 for the humans, while removing CO2 and helping purify wastewater. Studies to date have shown that a wide range of crops can be grown in controlled environment conditions envisioned for space. Light is a critical factor both for crop productivity and system power costs, and recent improvements in LEDs make them a preferred lighting option for space. Because space systems would be tightly closed, issues such as ethylene build-up and management must be considered. Ultimately, the costs and reliability of biological life support options must be compared with more conventional life support approaches. Findings to date suggest that about 20-25 sq. meters of crops could supply the O2 for one human, while about 50 sq. meters would be required for food (dietary calories).
- Collection:
- NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
- Note:
- Document ID: 20140017323.
KSC-E-DAA-TN18592.
International Conference on Plant Factory (ICPF); 10-12 Nov. 2014; Kyoto; Japan. - Terms of Use and Reproduction:
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