Publication Date:
2019-10-11
Description:
Plant Water Management is a technology demonstration of recent advances in micro-g capillary fluidics research applied to plant growth systems. It has applications in long-term food production systems for missions to the Moon and Mars, as well as the immediate need for ISS food supplements to the crew diet. PWM will demonstrate the low-gravity role of surface tension, wetting, and system geometry to effectively replace the role of gravity in certain terrestrial plant growth systems.
Keywords:
Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics
Type:
GRC-E-DAA-TN73325
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Joint CSA/ESA/JAXA/NASA Increments 61 and 62 Science Symposium; Sep 17, 2019 - Sep 19, 2019; Telecon
Format:
application/pdf