Essays about: "Tor Blomqvist"

Found 2 essays containing the words Tor Blomqvist.

1. 1. Possible nutritional output of rapid-deployable CEA greenhouses for emergency scenarios

   University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

   Author : Tor Blomqvist; [2022]
   Keywords : Space technology; Humanitarian; hydroponics; Controlled Environmental Agriculture; nutritional yield; nutritional indicator; aeroponics; nutrient film technique; space food; BLSS;

   Abstract : Space research is a catalyst for innovation and has for decades provided many tools for the improvement of life on earth. The development of space food and the demand of new methods for on-site food production for long-term space missions may, in fact, help solve the issues regarding food insecurity on earth. READ MORE

3. 2. Challenges in food system development for deep space missions

   University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

   Author : Tor Blomqvist; [2020]
   Keywords : space food; deep space; microgravity; Mars; space food systems; bioregenerative food systems; food processing;

   Abstract : With a reinvigoration of space travel, space agencies around the world collaborate to land the first woman and the next man on the moon by 2024, establish a moonbase with a constant human lunar presence by 2028 and bring humans to Mars by 2030. Even though we may have the technology to bring humans to Mars, we do not have the required food systems and the food technology to sustain them. READ MORE