“…The use of plants for life support systems in space has been discussed ever since the studies of Myers (1954), with extensive ground based demonstrations being carried out in the Russian BIOS projects (Gitelson et al, 1989), NASA's Biomass Production Chamber and Lunar-Mars Life Support Test Projects Edeen et al, 2000), the Japanese Closed Ecological Experiment Facility tests (Tako et al, 2005), and other groups around the world (Waters et al, 2002;Wheeler, 2010). The harsh environment of space necessitates a protected setting for cultivating the plants to optimize the production of edible biomass (food), oxygen, clean water, and the removal of carbon dioxide (Galston, 1992).…”