Terraform Sustainability Assessment Framework for Bioregenerative Life Support Systems

In this perspective paper, we raise attention to the lack of methods or data to measure claims of sustainability for bioregenerative life support system designs and propose a method for quantifying sustainability. Even though sustainability is used as a critical mission criterion for deep space expl...

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Main Authors: Morgan A. Irons, Lee G. Irons
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspas.2021.789563/full