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Talks and Poster Presentations (with Proceedings-Entry):

S. Häuplik-Meusburger, R. Peldszus, V. Holzgethan:
"Greenhouse Architectural Integration Issues for Extended Spaceflight";
Talk: International Astronautical Federation - IAC 2009, Daejeon, Korea; 10-12-2009 - 10-16-2009; in: "IAC 2009 Proceedings", Proceedings of the 60th IAC (International Astronautical Congress), IAC-09, Daejeon, Korea, 2009 (2009), ISSN: 1995-6258.



English abstract:
It is demonstrated that plants can be grown in microgravity, and almost every space programme has included experimental greenhouses to investigate not only the technical and biological feasibility, but also habitability related benefits of plant growth activities in space.
Aside from nutritional and life support system applications, these benefits include sensory and spatial enhancement of the spacecraft environment both through plants as such and the design of their growth chambers, and meaningful occupation through individual interaction. In view of long duration missions, plant growth facilities should not be regarded as desirable add-on, but as essential habitability component that may even substitute for a lack of outwards-facing windows.

Following a review of existing greenhouse designs and plants grown on past missions, the paper outlines the benefits of greenhouses for extended missions, and presents concepts for their integration into the spacecraft interior based on existing technology.

Keywords:
Greenhouses, Habitability, Design Integration, Extended Spaceflight, Architecture

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