From waste to taste
R.M. Giurgiu , C. Lasseur , R. Suters , 1,2 3 P. Scheer , D. Vodnar 1,2,3
Closing the MELiSSA Loops for escaping
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1. MELiSSA, Keplerlaan 1 2200 AG Noordwijk The Netherlands 2. SEMiLLA Sanitation Hubs,
and sustaining the Earth habitat
High TechXL Plaza- High Tech Campus 12A, 5656AE Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
3. UASVM, Cluj-Napoca, Calea Manastur 3-5, 400372, Romania
The limitations of the space environment are driving innovation and pushing the edge of the science frontier. The same mindset can be applied on Earth to better optimize the living of humans on the Bioshpere 1.0.
Mars Village of the future
firs to nE tha art no nM h ars
Food Fibre
Compartment IV Higher Plant Compartment/
degradation
wastes
Non-edible parts of Higher Plants
CREW Compartment I
Water O2
Thermophilic Anaerobic Bacteria
Photoautotrophic Bacteria Athrospira platensis
CO2
Volatile fatty acids
The applications of the MELiSSA Technology on Earth, are the best test bed for the the future manned man space missions. Closing the MELiSSA loop at the container level will help gather vauable data that will optimize the future space habitats.
Minerals
O2 NO3-
1,2
n o o M e h t to d n o y e b d an
NH4NH4Minerals
Compartment III
Compartment II
Nitrifying Bacteria
Photoheterotrophic Bacteria
Nitrosomonas Nitrobacter
Rhodospirillum rubrum
Energy Living
Water
Earth Village of the future
‘Extreme Habitable Worlds’
51st ESLAB Symposium
Food