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Subject: abstract, panel, and other possibilities
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 2:40:47 -0000 (GMT)
From: Terry Kok |
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I just sent the following abstract to Maggie in hopes
I can make a presentation at the convention. I'm not
sure when the Greens4Mars group will be having their
panel/discussion but I am also interested in carrying
this discussion into some real depth. I have videos of
Biostar-A (CELSS testbed/home) and Biosphere 2 which
could also make for some good discussion referance
points - if there is a VHS VCR/TV available for use.
Does anyone know when this might fit in the schedule
or how to get this scheduled?
Terry at biostar_a@yahoo.com
Please accept the following abstract and schedule a
time for a paper presentation at The
Mars Society annual convention, 2000. - T.R.K. -
biostar_a@yahoo.com
needs: slide projector, overhead projector
Green CELSS Invasion - Sustainable Life Support on
Earth and Mars
author: Terry Ryan Kok - Green CELSS Task Force
focalizer
CELSS - Controlled Ecological Life Support Systems are
potentially capable of
automatically converting stale air, dirty water,
toilet wastes, and kitchen garbage into fresh
oxygen rich air, pure potable water, and an endless
food supply. A person living within a
CELSS would have no need for external utility
connections to water mains, sewage pipes,
or electric lines. No one would need to go grocery
shopping. CELSS could provide
everything necessary for life support without
consuming, polluting, or otherwise
destroying the surrounding environment. On Earth, if
we lived in a CELSS there would be
far less damage done to the biosphere. On Mars, CELSS
will be essential.
Long duration space missions require a sustainable
means of life support. Mars
migrationists will, by necessity, inhabit materially
closed environmental systems. CELSS
research began when scientists first contemplated the
need to recycle wastes in space
capsules. NASA coined the term but the Russian space
scientists, with their BIOS project,
were the first to build sealed ecosystems with humans
inside. The CELSS we are creating
today are far more sophisticated than the earliest
experiment, where a single human being
was sealed in a small capsule with a vat of algae. The
CELSS of tomorrow will be even
more advanced and efficient. Experiments conducted by
the the amateur and professional
life support community are rapidly expanding our
knowledge base, bringing forth fruit.
According to accumulated CELSS research, under optimal
conditions, it takes an average
of 23 m2 (about 250 square feet or 16' x 16') of
optimal plant growing surface space to
adequately provide for the food, air water, and waste
treatment requirements for one
person in a Controlled Ecological Life Support System
(CELSS). A family of 4
vegetarians, living on Mars (or Earth for that
matter), requires about 2000 square feet
dedicated to intensive gardening. If you plan to eat
meat and/or dairy products, remember
that animals need a lot more room than plants to
produce the same amount of food.
Using "multi-level" growing systems, plus the latest
in low power consuming LED (Light
Emitting Diode) or sulphur light intercanopy photon
delivery systems, we can cut the
garden floor space requirements in half - or more.
Practice makes perfect. Planet Earth is
our first test bed. Everyone needs sustainable life
support. We'll never colonize anything
extraterrestrial until we solve the life support
equation at home. Real food isn't
synthesized in a Star Trek style replicator. It must
be grown.
Within the next ten years we should see the first
generation of CELSS available on the
open terrestrial marketplace. The urge to migrate to
Mars (and the development of the
means to do so) is behind most of the practical
efforts to make CELSS into a working
system. When people support the migration effort, they
back the essential research which
provides humanity with the means to a viable and
sustainable future - on Earth and off.
This paper presents a detailed overview of
state-of-the-art CELSS research.
author:
Terry R. Kok - inventor, scientist, engineer, educator
POB 1328, Bloomington, Indiana 47402-1328
(812) 275-0694 biostar_a@yahoo.com
partial lecture experience:
NASA Specialized Center of Research and Training
(NSCORT) - Department
of Horticulture, Purdue University, Indiana
1996 Midwest Space Development Conference - Chicago,
Illinois
1998 International Space Development Conference -
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Rose-Hullman School of Engineering - Terre Haute,
Indiana
Ball State University - Muncie, Indiana
University of Indiana - Terre Haute, Indiana
Indiana University - Bloomington, Indiana
Bloomington High School North - Bloomington, Indiana
Bloomington High School South - Bloomington, Indiana
scientific papers presented and published:
1992 International Conference on Life Support and
Biospherics - University
of Alabama in Huntsville - topic: Building a Full
Scale Biospheric
Community: Ecology, Permaculture, and the
Biospheric Lifestyle
1994 Second International Conference on Life Support
and Biospherics -
University of Alabama in Huntsville - topic: Home
Scale Bioregenerative
Life Support
1998 Third International Conference on Life Support
and Biosphere Science -
Orlando, Florida - topic: Biostar-A: a first year
report - Living with a home
scale biological life support system
event organizer (partial experience):
Planet Fest (3 years) - Lothlorien Nature Sanctuary,
Needmore, Indiana
1996 Free Space Congress - Lothlorien Nature
Sanctuary, Needmore, Indiana
. . . and at least 60 other public events . . .
partial publishing experience:
Synergy News - AEIOU - Kalamazoo, Michigan
Free Space Quarterly - ELF, Inc. - Bloomington,
Indiana
Lothlorien Greenbook - ELF, Inc. - Bloomington,
Indiana
Space Odyssey - a Guide to the Mars Projex - ELF-MPX -
Bloomington, Indiana
Quicksilver Notes - Earth Base Projex, Inc. -
Bloomington, Indiana
topic coordinator: Life Support & Biosphere Science,
International Journal of
Earth/Space - Cognizant Communication Corporation -
New York, NY
systems connector: ANDOR Projex - Bloomington, Indiana
design engineer: Starlight Technology - Bloomington,
Indiana
designer & builder: BioStar A - testbed for CELSS
technologies - Lothlorien
Nature Sanctuary, Needmore, Indiana
Elder Council member & co-founder: Elf Lore Family,
Inc.
systems facilitator: Sanctuary Rock project
project focalizer: Green CELSS Task Force
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Email - life-support@chapters.marssociety.org
http://home.marssociety.org/tech/life-support/
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Subject: abstract, panel, and other possibilities
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 2:41:29 -0000 (GMT)
From: Terry Kok |
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I just sent the following abstract to Maggie in hopes
I can make a presentation at the convention. I'm not
sure when the Greens4Mars group will be having their
panel/discussion but I am also interested in carrying
this discussion into some real depth. I have videos of
Biostar-A (CELSS testbed/home) and Biosphere 2 which
could also make for some good discussion referance
points - if there is a VHS VCR/TV available for use.
Does anyone know when this might fit in the schedule
or how to get this scheduled?
Terry at biostar_a@yahoo.com
Please accept the following abstract and schedule a
time for a paper presentation at The
Mars Society annual convention, 2000. - T.R.K. -
biostar_a@yahoo.com
needs: slide projector, overhead projector
Green CELSS Invasion - Sustainable Life Support on
Earth and Mars
author: Terry Ryan Kok - Green CELSS Task Force
focalizer
CELSS - Controlled Ecological Life Support Systems are
potentially capable of
automatically converting stale air, dirty water,
toilet wastes, and kitchen garbage into fresh
oxygen rich air, pure potable water, and an endless
food supply. A person living within a
CELSS would have no need for external utility
connections to water mains, sewage pipes,
or electric lines. No one would need to go grocery
shopping. CELSS could provide
everything necessary for life support without
consuming, polluting, or otherwise
destroying the surrounding environment. On Earth, if
we lived in a CELSS there would be
far less damage done to the biosphere. On Mars, CELSS
will be essential.
Long duration space missions require a sustainable
means of life support. Mars
migrationists will, by necessity, inhabit materially
closed environmental systems. CELSS
research began when scientists first contemplated the
need to recycle wastes in space
capsules. NASA coined the term but the Russian space
scientists, with their BIOS project,
were the first to build sealed ecosystems with humans
inside. The CELSS we are creating
today are far more sophisticated than the earliest
experiment, where a single human being
was sealed in a small capsule with a vat of algae. The
CELSS of tomorrow will be even
more advanced and efficient. Experiments conducted by
the the amateur and professional
life support community are rapidly expanding our
knowledge base, bringing forth fruit.
According to accumulated CELSS research, under optimal
conditions, it takes an average
of 23 m2 (about 250 square feet or 16' x 16') of
optimal plant growing surface space to
adequately provide for the food, air water, and waste
treatment requirements for one
person in a Controlled Ecological Life Support System
(CELSS). A family of 4
vegetarians, living on Mars (or Earth for that
matter), requires about 2000 square feet
dedicated to intensive gardening. If you plan to eat
meat and/or dairy products, remember
that animals need a lot more room than plants to
produce the same amount of food.
Using "multi-level" growing systems, plus the latest
in low power consuming LED (Light
Emitting Diode) or sulphur light intercanopy photon
delivery systems, we can cut the
garden floor space requirements in half - or more.
Practice makes perfect. Planet Earth is
our first test bed. Everyone needs sustainable life
support. We'll never colonize anything
extraterrestrial until we solve the life support
equation at home. Real food isn't
synthesized in a Star Trek style replicator. It must
be grown.
Within the next ten years we should see the first
generation of CELSS available on the
open terrestrial marketplace. The urge to migrate to
Mars (and the development of the
means to do so) is behind most of the practical
efforts to make CELSS into a working
system. When people support the migration effort, they
back the essential research which
provides humanity with the means to a viable and
sustainable future - on Earth and off.
This paper presents a detailed overview of
state-of-the-art CELSS research.
author:
Terry R. Kok - inventor, scientist, engineer, educator
POB 1328, Bloomington, Indiana 47402-1328
(812) 275-0694 biostar_a@yahoo.com
partial lecture experience:
NASA Specialized Center of Research and Training
(NSCORT) - Department
of Horticulture, Purdue University, Indiana
1996 Midwest Space Development Conference - Chicago,
Illinois
1998 International Space Development Conference -
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Rose-Hullman School of Engineering - Terre Haute,
Indiana
Ball State University - Muncie, Indiana
University of Indiana - Terre Haute, Indiana
Indiana University - Bloomington, Indiana
Bloomington High School North - Bloomington, Indiana
Bloomington High School South - Bloomington, Indiana
scientific papers presented and published:
1992 International Conference on Life Support and
Biospherics - University
of Alabama in Huntsville - topic: Building a Full
Scale Biospheric
Community: Ecology, Permaculture, and the
Biospheric Lifestyle
1994 Second International Conference on Life Support
and Biospherics -
University of Alabama in Huntsville - topic: Home
Scale Bioregenerative
Life Support
1998 Third International Conference on Life Support
and Biosphere Science -
Orlando, Florida - topic: Biostar-A: a first year
report - Living with a home
scale biological life support system
event organizer (partial experience):
Planet Fest (3 years) - Lothlorien Nature Sanctuary,
Needmore, Indiana
1996 Free Space Congress - Lothlorien Nature
Sanctuary, Needmore, Indiana
. . . and at least 60 other public events . . .
partial publishing experience:
Synergy News - AEIOU - Kalamazoo, Michigan
Free Space Quarterly - ELF, Inc. - Bloomington,
Indiana
Lothlorien Greenbook - ELF, Inc. - Bloomington,
Indiana
Space Odyssey - a Guide to the Mars Projex - ELF-MPX -
Bloomington, Indiana
Quicksilver Notes - Earth Base Projex, Inc. -
Bloomington, Indiana
topic coordinator: Life Support & Biosphere Science,
International Journal of
Earth/Space - Cognizant Communication Corporation -
New York, NY
systems connector: ANDOR Projex - Bloomington, Indiana
design engineer: Starlight Technology - Bloomington,
Indiana
designer & builder: BioStar A - testbed for CELSS
technologies - Lothlorien
Nature Sanctuary, Needmore, Indiana
Elder Council member & co-founder: Elf Lore Family,
Inc.
systems facilitator: Sanctuary Rock project
project focalizer: Green CELSS Task Force
_
Do You Yahoo!?
Send instant messages with Yahoo! Messenger.
http://im.yahoo.com/
- ---------------------------------------------
Mars Society Life Support Task Force
Email - life-support@chapters.marssociety.org
http://home.marssociety.org/tech/life-support/
Arctic Base - http://arctic.marssociety.org/ |
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