Synthesis of biomass and utilization of plants wastes in a physical model of biological life-support system

Some Methods for Human Liquid and Solid Waste Utilization in Bioregenerative Life-Support Systems

“…The first wheat vegetation was cultivated on the newly made-up SLS [19][20][21][22]. Tap water (10 l) was used as irrigation water.…”

Agriculture for Space: People and Places Paving the Way

“…Photo courtesy of Yasuhiro Tako, CEEF. MELiSSA studies also tested remote sensing to monitor crop stress Lenk et al, 2007), crops such as beet and durum wheat, comparisons of soybean cultivars in controlled environments De Micco et al, 2012;Paradiso et al, 2012), tests of hydroponic cultivation techniques (Paradiso et al, 2014), and studies on recycling of plant wastes in collaboration with the Institute of Biophysics in Krasnoyarsk, Russia (Tikhomirov et al, 2003;Gros et al, 2004). As with many other space agencies, ESA also developed strategies to transition ground based testing of agriculture into actual spaceflight settings, such as the International Space Station (Wolff et al, 2014), and is currently planning upgrades to their European Modular Cultivation System (EMSC) to support biogenerative testing on the ISS (A-I.…”

Wheeler Raymond Agriculture for Space: People and Countries Paving the Way

“…Over the following years, MELiSSA expanded to include plants for a controlled environment agriculture compartment, which could be coupled to the microbial and cyanobacteria compartments (Waters et al, 2002; [189,64]. MELiSSA studies also tested remote sensing to monitor crop stress Lenk et al, 2007) [37,105], crops such as beet and durum wheat, comparisons of soybean cultivars in controlled environments Paradiso et al, 2012) [164, 165, 45, 140], tests of hydroponic cultivation techniques [141], and studies on recycling of plant wastes in collaboration with the Institute of Biophysics in Krasnoyarsk, Russia (Tikhomirov et al, 2003;Gros et al, 2004) [181,73]. As with many other space agencies, ESA also developed strategies to transition ground based testing of agriculture into actual space light settings, such as the International Space Station (Wolff et al, 2013) [203], and is currently planning upgrades to their European Modular Cultivation System (EMSC) to support biogenerative testing on the ISS (A-I.…”