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Controlled Ecological Life Support Systems (CELSS)One of the major problems facing researchers in the design of a life support system is to construct it so that it will be capable of regulating waste materials and gases, while at the same time supporting the inhabitants with adequate food and oxygen. The basis of any gaseous life supporting cycle is autotrophs (plants that photosynthesize). The major problem is to get the respiratory quotient (RQ) of the animals to be equivalent to the assimilatory quotient (AQ) of the plants. A technique is being developed to control the gas exchange. The goal is to determine the feasibility of manipulating the plant's AQ by altering the plants environment in order to eliminate the mismatch between the plant's AQ and the animal's RQ.
Document ID
19850018293
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other - Other
Authors
Majumdar, M.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
April 1, 1985
Publication Information
Publication: NASA Ames Summer High School Apprenticeship Res. Program
Subject Category
Man/System Technology And Life Support
Accession Number
85N26604
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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