Bioregenerative Life Support Systems in Space Research

Häder DP, Braun M, Hemmersbach R (2018)


Publication Type: Book chapter / Article in edited volumes

Publication year: 2018

Edited Volumes: Gravitational Biology I - Gravity Sensing and Graviorientation in Microorganisms and Plants

Series: SpringerBriefs in Space Life Sciences

Pages Range: 113-122

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-93894-3_8

Abstract

For manned long-term missions e.g. to Mars, large amounts of food and oxygen are required to sustain the astronauts during the months-or year-long travel in space but resources are very limited. Water is already routinely recycled on the ISS. In order to solve the problem of limited food and oxygen resources, bioregenerative life support systems are envisioned with closed nutrient and gas loops. Several ecological model systems varying in the degree of complexity have already been investigated on ground and tested on shorter space flights. Photosynthetic organisms such as flagellates or higher plants produce oxygen when light is available. Simultaneously they take up the carbon dioxide exhaled by the astronauts or other consumers. Urea and ammonia can be detoxified by bacteria. Insertion of a component of primary consumers such as ciliates could be used to produce fish for human consumption.

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APA:

Häder, D.-P., Braun, M., & Hemmersbach, R. (2018). Bioregenerative Life Support Systems in Space Research. In Markus Braun, Maik Böhmer, Donat-Peter Häder, Ruth Hemmersbach, Klaus Palme (Eds.), Gravitational Biology I - Gravity Sensing and Graviorientation in Microorganisms and Plants. (pp. 113-122).

MLA:

Häder, Donat-Peter, Markus Braun, and Ruth Hemmersbach. "Bioregenerative Life Support Systems in Space Research." Gravitational Biology I - Gravity Sensing and Graviorientation in Microorganisms and Plants. Ed. Markus Braun, Maik Böhmer, Donat-Peter Häder, Ruth Hemmersbach, Klaus Palme, 2018. 113-122.

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