TY - JOUR
T1 - Plant-rated greenhouses
AU - Mackenzie, Bruce A.
AU - Dunand, David C.
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - Plants can live at much lower pressure than people (Refs. 3, 9). Green-houses for the Moon, Mars or orbit could be optimized for maximum plant growth and minimum structural mass if people do not enter the greenhouse. Such "plant-rated" greenhouses would have lower pressure, higher carbon dioxide content, less stringent radiation protection and lower safety margins than human-rated habitats. These allow for simpler, lighter, and cheaper structural designs. To avoid the need for people to work in the greenhouse in pressure suits, plants would be carried by automated transporters through an airlock into a human-rated shelter where people may safely tend, harvest and replant them.
AB - Plants can live at much lower pressure than people (Refs. 3, 9). Green-houses for the Moon, Mars or orbit could be optimized for maximum plant growth and minimum structural mass if people do not enter the greenhouse. Such "plant-rated" greenhouses would have lower pressure, higher carbon dioxide content, less stringent radiation protection and lower safety margins than human-rated habitats. These allow for simpler, lighter, and cheaper structural designs. To avoid the need for people to work in the greenhouse in pressure suits, plants would be carried by automated transporters through an airlock into a human-rated shelter where people may safely tend, harvest and replant them.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:5844341813
SN - 0278-4017
VL - 90
SP - 273
EP - 280
JO - Science and Technology Series
JF - Science and Technology Series
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