February 2016
A Self-Deployable Habitat for Extreme Environments (SHEE)
..., and has not yet been completely achieved by the industry as a whole, but the Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS) of SHEE is successful in recycling water and regenerating consumed air. ECLSS components are provided in the...
January 2017
Elon Musk and Mars - looking for a snowball effect
...-Moon cycler orbits, creating a market for rocket propellants in low Earth orbit and generating experience with life-support and radiation protection above the Van Allen belts, as well as with artificial gravity in due course, as the...
April 2021
On Mars as it is on Earth - preparing for settlement
... Musk has stated a goal for self-sufficiency of one million people) A large-scale closed-cycle ecological life-support system would need to be in place There would need to be a good understanding of human health factors within a relatively confined...
26 April 2021
Microbes could potentially live beneath Mars' surface, new study suggests
... could produce the same kind of chemical energy that supports microbial life deep beneath Earth’s surface, meaning that these tiny...old, were found to have the highest potential for life support say Tarnas and colleagues. Better still, because Mars ...
January 2017
Mini space station for mice to study effects of reproduction in reduced gravity
... use robotic systems to provide for all of the physiological needs of the mice including feeding, cleaning, life support, waste removal, and medical care. Tunnel access between the enclosures would be controlled remotely by veterinarians on Earth...
November 2018
Being human in space
... leader Angelo Vermeulen. “As part of that, we are looking at the kind of regenerative life-support system pioneered by the ESA-led MELiSSA (Micro-Ecological Life Support System Alternative) programme.” Space generation Many people only know space...
