mars agriculture & food production panel
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Mars Agriculture & Food Production Panel. Moderator : Penelope Boston, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology & Nat. Cave & Karst Res. Inst. (NCKRI) Panelists : D. Marshall Porterfield, NASA: Division Director, Life and Physical Sciences, HEOMD - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Mars Agriculture & Food Production Panel
Moderator: Penelope Boston, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology & Nat. Cave & Karst Res. Inst. (NCKRI)
Panelists: D. Marshall Porterfield, NASA: Division Director, Life and Physical Sciences, HEOMD Taber MacCallum, Paragon SDC: Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer, Co-founder Robert J. Ferl, University of Florida: Director, Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research Anjan Contractor, Systems and Materials Research Corp.: Senior Engineer
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 3:30-5:00 pm - Topic 2
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Boston, P.J. 1981. Low-pressure greenhouses and plants for a manned research station on Mars. J. Brit. Interplan. Soc. 34:189-192.
My First Published Paper….
• Germination & early growth• 60 mb CO2
• Traces of O2
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* Low-pressure greenhouses and plants for a manned research station on Mars. Boston, P.J. 1981. J. Brit.
Interplan. Soc. 34:189-192.
Surface habitats on Mars?
Why not??? Duh….
Surfacehabitats on Mars?
NO NO NO!
Boston Speaks: 1981*Boston Speaks: 1981* Boston Speaks: 2000Boston Speaks: 2000‡‡
‡Bubbles in the rocks: Natural and artificial caves and cavities as life support structures. Boston, P.J. 2000. Mars Greenhouses: Concepts and Challenges. NASA
Tech. Mem 2000-208577.
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Food Production ChallengesFood Production ChallengesReduced GReduced G Engineering Engineering
robustnessrobustness
ReliabilityReliability
Radiation damageRadiation damageAutomationAutomation
PowerPower
More, more, moreMore, more, more
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Producing Food is Hard Work!
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So how do we make extraterrestrial food production resemble this engineer’s futuristic dream?
Or do we???
Art courtesy of R.D. Frederick