CELSS
Closed Ecological Life Support Systems
Paul Holowko BioSpheres
- Name
- Paul Holowko BioSpheres
- Conceptual only
- No
- Start Date
- 2010
- End Date
- Ongoing
- Location
- San Jose, CA
- Crops
- Borage, Maidenhair fern, sand crabs, zooplankton, phytoplankton
- Human Capacity
- 0
- Max Closed Duration
- 900days
- Base area
- 1m2
- Volume
- 1m3
- Strengths
- Completely closed. Well instrumented. Reports a repeatable recipe to create a stable system including an animal foodchain.
- Weaknesses
- System not large enough for mammals.
- Lessons
- Marine (i.e. saltwater) habitat necessary for cyanobacterial O2 production.
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