January 2022
Earth - no longer humanity’s only home
...provides radiation levels similar to those on ISS. A surface outpost on Mars complete with a hydroponic greenhouse to supply food to the colonists. Mars landing To declare space and celestial bodies as the common heritage of humankind is to recognise...
February 2022
Extremophiles as a blueprint for universal life
... bacteria and the acidophile Cupriavidus metallidurans and a strain of the cryophile Pseudoalteromonas bacterium. Finally, the preparation of food stuffs such as lactose-free milk from cryophiles such as strains from the Arthobacter species where the...
March 2022
What space taught me about water
... it’s heavy so it’s very expensive to resupply from Earth to space. This is one reason why we do things like send our food to space dehydrated, so that it weighs less; that enables us to get more at one time on the resupply missions. To the...
May 2022
Design architecture for 3D printing a lunar habitat
... will accommodate a bio-regenerative life-support system (BLSS), a closed artificial ecosystem to provide a sustainable basic atmosphere, food and water supply chain and waste management procedures. Numerous terrestrial analogues have been built and...
January 2023
The effects of spaceflight on the female body
... importance for space medicine is the assessment of nutritional status, which analyses the adequacy of energy intake from food and the complex of key nutrients during prolonged exposure of the body to spaceflight factors required to correct the...
January 2023
LUNAR OASIS – architectural visions for an integrated lunar habitat
.... In addition, three different zones should be noted: the crew accommodation (for privacy), the greenhouse (for its food supply) and a research lab (for various studies of the lunar environment). There are also a few secondary...
