Performance of a simple closed aquatic ecosystem (CAES) in space

Wang, Gaohong; Li, G.-B.; Hu, Chi‐Ming; Liu, Y.-D.; Song, Lulu; Guanghui, Tong; Liu, X.-M.; Cheng, Enhui

doi:10.1016/j.asr.2004.06.005

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“…In order to establish good CELSS which can operate in rational, precise, effective and easily controlled procedure, it is necessary to choose adapted species of organisms to establish highly efficient bioreactor that can realize the main functions of CELSS (supplying oxygen, water and food, carbon dioxide removing, and also making daily life waste reusable). Aquatic organisms were regarded as suitable candidates par excellence in the establishment of CELSS because of their high adaptation to the weightless condition that approximate to their wild condition in water [1][2][3][4][5][6]. Establishment of CELSS by algae reactor was recommended by many researches because of algae's valuable characteristics like high photosynthesis rate, high protein content, fast growth and simple culture condition needed [7,8].…”

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Population growth and physiological characteristics of microalgae in a miniaturized bioreactor during space flight

Wang

Chen

et al. 2006

Acta Astronautica

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Population growth and physiological characteristics of microalgae in a miniaturized bioreactor during space flight

Wang

Chen

et al. 2006

Acta Astronautica

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“…Furthermore, the martian soil is likely to be nutrient poor. By "conditioning" the surface dust with desert crust organisms, including nitrogen fixers, it may be rendered a more suitable substrate for plant growth systems and provide for closedloop life support systems (Birch, 1992;Haynes and McKay, 1992;Cockell, 2001;Wang et al, 2004aWang et al, , 2004bWang et al, , 2006. Desert crusts could be used to landscape soils in and around walkways in habitats-essentially extraterrestrial "gardening."…”

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Control of Lunar and Martian Dust—Experimental Insights from Artificial and Natural Cyanobacterial and Algal Crusts in the Desert of Inner Mongolia, China

Liu¹,

Cockell

Wang

et al. 2008

Astrobiology

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Studies on the colonization of environmentally extreme ground surfaces were conducted in a Mars-like desert area of Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China, with microalgae and cyanobacteria. We collected and mass-cultured cyanobacterial strains from these regions and investigated their ability to form desert crusts artificially. These crusts had the capacity to resist sand wind erosion after just 15 days of growth. Similar to the surface of some Chinese deserts, the surface of Mars is characterized by a layer of fine dust, which will challenge future human exploration activities, particularly in confined spaces that will include greenhouses and habitats. We discuss the use of such crusts for the local control of desert sands in enclosed spaces on Mars. These experiments suggest innovative new directions in the applied use of microbe-mineral interactions to advance the human exploration and settlement of space.

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“…Aquatic organisms were suitable for this study because of their ease of adaptation to microgravity which in some respects is countered by their neutral buoyancy in water (Wang et al, 2004b;Bluem et al, 2000;Sychev et al, 2000). For these reasons, we designed and built a simple CELSS with aquatic organisms to study the operation of the CELSS in space in 1996.…”

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confidence: 99%