Functional architecture and development of the CAB bioregenerative system

Lobascio, Cesare; Lamantea, M.; Palumberi, Sergio; Cotronei, V.; Negri, B.; Pascale, Stefania De; Maggio, Aurelio; Maffei, Massimo E.; Foti, Maria Cristina

doi:10.4271/2008-01-2012

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“…European companies such as Aero Sekur (Rossignoli, 2016) and Thales Alenia have also enthusiastically supported space agriculture through the biennial AgroSpace Workshops held in Sperlonga, Italy, and through their own internal research and development efforts (Lobascio et al, 2006(Lobascio et al, , 2008. More recently, the German Space Agency (DLR) life sciences team at Bremen has become an active and energetic group in the space agriculture arena (Schubert et al, 2011;Zabel et al, 2016).…”

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Agriculture for Space: People and Places Paving the Way

Wheeler

2017

Open Agriculture

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Agriculture for Space: People and Places Paving the Way

Wheeler

2017

Open Agriculture

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“…The CanALSS Roadmap has a very strong focus on sensor development for plant growth systems, with ion-selective sensors clearly targeted as a Canadian priority. Several technology roadmaps and research groups in various countries have also defined ion-specific sensors as a key technology/priority for bioregenerative life support systems and elaborated on their specific benefits [16,119–121]. Space-based plant production systems supporting human crews must achieve high yields, produce minimal waste and have high reliabilities.…”

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Ion-Specific Nutrient Management in Closed Systems: The Necessity for Ion-Selective Sensors in Terrestrial and Space-Based Agriculture and Water Management Systems

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Thompson

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The ability to monitor and control plant nutrient ions in fertigation solutions, on an ion-specific basis, is critical to the future of controlled environment agriculture crop production, be it in traditional terrestrial settings (e.g., greenhouse crop production) or as a component of bioregenerative life support systems for long duration space exploration. Several technologies are currently available that can provide the required measurement of ion-specific activities in solution. The greenhouse sector has invested in research examining the potential of a number of these technologies to meet the industry's demanding requirements, and although no ideal solution yet exists for on-line measurement, growers do utilize technologies such as high-performance liquid chromatography to provide off-line measurements. An analogous situation exists on the International Space Station where, technological solutions are sought, but currently on-orbit water quality monitoring is considerably restricted. This paper examines the specific advantages that on-line ion-selective sensors could provide to plant production systems both terrestrially and when utilized in space-based biological life support systems and how similar technologies could be applied to nominal on-orbit water quality monitoring. A historical development and technical review of the various ion-selective monitoring technologies is provided.

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