HABSIM: Unique R&D infrastructure for closed-loop food production in space and on Earth

Kurzfassung

There is a reinvigoration of human space travel and the goal is to establish a moon base with a constant human presence by 2030 to eventually bring mankind to Mars. Missions to the Moon come with a myriad of challenges and even though we may have the required technology to bring humans to the Moon, we do not have the food system to sustain them. Ultimately food is a limiting factor for human space travel. Due to resource and cost limitations and food acceptability challenges, future lunar habitats cannot rely solely on resupply missions from Earth. As a result, in situ food production becomes a necessity for sustained human space travel.