November 2021
Megasatellite habitat at Ceres
...people. Just as on Earth, the plants produce the food and keep the air clean. Each resident will also ... if all of the space in the cylinder was harnessed for maximum food production. However, hosting the maximum number of people in the minimum space...
June 2022
Pandemic parallels
...for successful prolonged human presence. In addition to bringing food, fuel, air, spares, experiments and other vital ...in space. In the words of the International Space Station’s Food Scientist and Technology Analysis Manager, Dr Ryan Dowdy ‘there’s ...
May 2024
Prioritising space solutions to accelerate sustainable development
... in a positive way. In the broader context we should remember that the UK imports nearly half of the food it consumes. Do we realise that 15 percent of that food is actually lost between farm and shop and almost a third of it is ‘lost’ in the local...
May 2024
Out of this world – NASA’s textile technicians and innovations for space voyages
...industry depends on technical textiles to complete every mission. To travel and live in space, humans need everything from food containers to clothing, spacesuits, heat shields and much more. Technical textiles help to fulfil these needs by supplying...
July 2014
Understanding Earth: GEO and the SDG environmental agenda
... modeling these changes is critical for enabling governments and society to make informed decisions about water, energy, food security and any number of other global challenges facing humanity. Decision makers and program managers must...
March 2015
Sowing a new dream
... of taikonauts such as taking the IVA spacesuit on and off, dropping from the escape tower, tasting space food, trying the rotation chair and talking with taikonauts face-to-face. They learn a lot, and come...