Food production solutions for exploration Presented by Giorgio Boscheri Thales Alenia Space Italia

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1 Food production solutions for exploration Presented by Giorgio Boscheri Thales Alenia Space Italia Authors: Cesare Lobascio Matteo Lamantea Giorgio Boscheri DOC-TAS-IT-001 Agrospace Conference 2014

2 Where do we stand in the path toward complete food production solutions for exploration? 2 Team and means Skills mapping Collaborations mapping What we did and what we do Our position in the global roadmap

3 Team and means - Recyclab technological area (from 2006) Engineering area Chemical laboratory Microbiological laboratory Demonstrators facility Workshop Demonstrators Area 3 Microbiological Lab Chemical Lab

4 Recyclab demonstrators Crop production Water regeneration 4 Air revitalization

5 The EDEN ( 2006) rack-like plant growth facility NFT NDS 0.3 m 2 of growing area T, RH, CO 2 controlled 5 2x 500 x 250 mm LED Panels 3D printed passive crop White, Red, Far Red, Amber, Blue, watering prototype Green LEDs, controlled indepently umols/m 2 /s

6 Recyclab Team 6 3 staff members (coordination, engineering, chemical analysis) 2 interns (greenhouse systems and air revitalization) 2 scholarships (microbiological control and water storage) 4 active thesis (of which 2 on greenhouse systems)

7 Food production in space is extremely multidisciplinary 7 SYSTEM ENGINEERING

8 Our expertise is consolidated onto particular key skills 8 SYSTEM ENGINEERING

9 gained from extended partecipation to the ISS development Logistic Modules Permanent Modules Columbus Node 2 Cygnus PCM PMM MPLM Node 3 ATV - ICC Cupola 50% of the habitable volume designed, manufactured and integrated in Turin by Thales Alenia Space Italia Agrospace Conference 2014

10 Other skills are in continuous development 10

11 through our R&D effort and partecipation to BLSS studies ASI CAB (Bioregenerative Environmental Control) EDEN Rack-like plant growth chamber (Recyclab) Agrospace Conference 2014 Collaboration with UA- CEAC Lunar Greenhouse Project (NASA Steckler Grant) ESA FCU (Food Complement Unit)

12 ASI CAB Bioregenerative Environmental Control ( ) TEAM SKILLS The Italian Gateway to ISS Node 2 mock-up Earth demo of complete outfitting of ISS-like module for food production Agrospace 2014 EDEN Demonstrator at TAS-I

13 ESA FCU Food Complement Unit ( ) TEAM Study of rack size plant growth chamber for ISS exploitation SKILLS Agrospace 2014 EDEN Demonstrator at TAS-I

14 TAS EDEN - Rack-like plant growth prototype (2009-now) TEAM SKILLS Development of rack size plant growth chamber for ISS exploitation Testing technologies in LAB environment Agrospace 2014 EDEN Demonstrator at TAS-I

15 UA-CEAC LGH Lunar Greenhouse prototype (2009-now) TEAM Contribute to development of a planetary full-scale greenhouse prototype SKILLS Sadler Machine CO. ESM Metric Evaluation Space-oriented insight Modified MEC Model LGH HW Upgrade Agrospace 2014 EDEN Demonstrator at TAS-I

16 EDEN ISS Antarctic Analog Greenhouse (proposed to EC) TEAM Contribute to development of a Antartic Analog Greenhouse SKILLS Rack-like system development and testing Agrospace 2014 EDEN Demonstrator at TAS-I

17 ESA GreenMOSS Lunar Greenhouse Study ( ) TEAM Preliminary Study of a Lunar surface greenhouse in the MELISSA framework SKILLS SUPPORT Two major trade-offs: Artificial vs natural illumination Mono vs Multicrop Agrospace 2014 EDEN Demonstrator at TAS-I

18 ISS Exploitation Key target for the early future SKILLS Agrospace 2014 EDEN Demonstrator at TAS-I

19 Technology Transfer Possibilities are being investigated TEAM GAIA Ecosystem in Piedmont Alte Langhe region SKILLS Agrospace 2014 EDEN Demonstrator at TAS-I

20 Dissemination Possibilities are being investigated TEAM Padova Botanical garden: Exhibition path Plants in Space SKILLS Agrospace 2014 EDEN Demonstrator at TAS-I

21 Our path to Food Production for exploration ISS Exploitation Planetary Greenhouse LAB/ Analog Testing Moon/Asteroid preparatory mission Agrospace 2014

22 Our path to Food Production for exploration ISS Exploitation Planetary Greenhouse Moon/Asteroid preparatory mission Ref.:

23 Our path to Food Production for exploration Planetary Greenhouse Moon/Asteroid preparatory mission Ref.:

24 Our path to Food Production for exploration 24 Ref.:

25 If I only had some plant to take care of THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION! Agrospace 2014