January 2021
Taking out the trash in space
...ways to convert no longer needed mission waste such as food packaging, clothing and hygiene items into inert gases and ... for the suborbital flight included items such as food packaging, food simulant, faecal simulant, hygiene wipes, cotton washcloths...
February 2016
Shifting Space Perspectives: Artistic Research as Connective Research Area
...is not only meant to handle the necessary living products (air, food, water and waste) but also contribute to the psychological well-being...assist in recycling carbon dioxide to oxygen and deliver food products. These cells are illuminated (by the sun ...
February 2016
A Self-Deployable Habitat for Extreme Environments (SHEE)
... of SHEE includes items that enable the astronauts to prepare and store food, such as a microwave oven and refrigerator, and a dehydration unit to reduce the food’s size and recover water from it. A hygiene rack includes a toilet (gravity...
September 2016
Life in the extremes: confessions of an astrobiologist
.... Enzymes and other biochemical compounds from cold-loving extremophiles can, in turn, be used in the food industry, for example in food storage at low temperatures. Geology research at the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in Utah, USA...
October 2017
Colouring our view of the oceans
... type that produces blue-green scum in large concentrations. Food chains Sentinel-3A now provides critical near-real time information ... from inorganic compounds. They are the foundation of food webs, nourishing all life from microscopic animal-like ...
April 2018
Developing Mars
... are somewhat analogous to the Sacramento general store, where the prime business is food. Greenhouse sunlight, continuous power, bioreactors and ISRU fertilizer can offer food self-sufficiency to a crew of thousands. For example, every three months...
