... lunar base is one of the most durable systems you can imagine; namely a closed ecosystem. Oxygen, water, food and other consumables are scarce and must be allocated carefully and as far as possible be re-used. These are...
..., that capability must increase at least twenty-fold. A surface outpost on Mars, complete with a hydroponic greenhouse to supply food to the colonists Astronauts will need a surface habitat during their stay on Mars, to be a shelter to protect them...
...,000 during the winter, as well as about 800,000 heaters and 25,000 field kitchens. The necessary food and water supplies would constitute a few thousand tonnes daily. The aforementioned qualitative assessment of the event...
... them from the surface of the Earth. And, as the population of Earth grows, there will be a greater demand on food supplies and resources. There is also a growing awareness of the need to identify and protect us from objects in space...
... select space and non-space organisations - the European Space Agency (ESA), the United Nations World Food Programme, Airbus Defence and Space, Local Motors and Made in Space to submit industrial and sustainability challenges...
... discovered a more effective way of combating Hepatitis C with fewer medical side effects. Since then it has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to bring a new drug to the market. Microgravity has also greatly benefitted...