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Blss: a contribution to future life support
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
|---|---|
| Author | Skoog, A. I. |
| Copyright Year | 1985 |
| Description | The problem of the supply of basic life supporting ingredients was analyzed. Storage volume and launch weight of water, oxygen and food in a conventional nonregenerable life support system are directly proportional to the crew size and the length of the mission. Because of spacecraft payload limitations this requires that the carbon, or food, recycling loop, the third and final part in the life support system, be closed to further reduce logistics cost. Advanced life support systems need to be developed in which metabolic waste products are regenerated and food is produced. Biological life support systems (BLSS) satisfy the space station environmental control functions and close the food cycle. Numerous scientific space experiments were delineated, the results of which are applicable to the support of BLSS concepts. Requirements and concepts are defined and the feasibility of BLSS for space application are analyzed. The BLSS energy mass relation, and the possibilities to influence it to achieve advantages for the BLSS are determined. A program for the development of BLSS is proposed. |
| File Size | 486991 |
| Page Count | 12 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19850021222 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t4km45q3t |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1985-06-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Man/system Technology And Life Support Life Support Systems Metabolic Wastes Biocontrol Systems Closed Ecological Systems Spacecraft Environments Controlled Atmospheres Recycling Regeneration Physiology Long Duration Space Flight Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |