Journal of Siberian Federal University. Biology / Creation of Closed Ecological Life Support Systems: Results, Critical Problems and Potentials

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Biology. 2008 1 (1)
Authors
Gitelson, Iosef I.; Lisovsky, Genry M.
Contact information
Gitelson, Iosef I: Institute of Biophysics of Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (Akademgorodok, Krasnoyarsk, 660036, Russia); Siberian Federal University (Svobodny av. 79, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russia); ; Lisovsky, Genry M.: Institute of Biophysics of Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (Akademgorodok, Krasnoyarsk, 660036, Russia)
Keywords
Biosphere, Noosphere, Life support, Closed ecological system, Chlorella, algal continues cultivation
Abstract

As experiments have shown, a closed ecological life support system based on a biological material exchange is fully realizable and contains possibilities for further improvement. This kind of closed human ecosystem can become a model not only of an earthly noosphere, but also of daughter noospheres that can be used to help humanity render space inhabitable without threatening other bodies of the solar system through the intrusion of earthly substances and biological autocatalytic processes. As such, it will allow humans to exist in space or on other solar bodies, while requiring only the input of energy and not allowing the release of metabolites into the surroundings. Partially closed technologies for regenerating the atmosphere, water, and vegetable nutrients can radically enhance the quality of life in extreme regions—in the Arctic, Antarctica, in deserts, and in high mountain settlements. Another aspect of closed life support technologies is that they enable the minimizing of the environmental pollution that results from human waste products and those of their domestic animals. That these technologies can find applications on Earth before human settlements appear on Mars or the Moon. The transition to essentially closed nonpolluting, non-deadlock life support technologies will be a noticeable step on the path toward the sustainable development of the noosphere.

Pages
19-39
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/630

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