Bannova, OlgaBell, Larry S.2018-11-302018-11-30May 20182018-05May 2018http://hdl.handle.net/10657/3476CLOSED-LOOP RECLSS SYSTEM FOR LONG DURATION MISSIONS: It will be necessary to include all output elements back into the system for long-duration missions outside of our planet. The goal of having a greenhouse module attached to every kind of mission is to permit long duration missions without the need for cargo resupply. ACCELERATED PLANT GROWTH: The uniform repartition of auxins inside the plant body is realized by rotating the plants around a central axis, this will increase their growth rate. Installing those drums in a yet bigger centrifuge, in micro-gravity allows the plants to detect gravity and therefore increase their auxin repartition. WORM COMPOSTING OF ORGANIC WASTE: Human waste and non-edible parts of plants will be used as compost for the plants, closing the loop on the system. After processing by the worms, the material will go through UV irradiation to become a growing medium for the plants.application/pdfengThe author of this work is the copyright owner. UH Libraries and the Texas Digital Library have their permission to store and provide access to this work. Further transmission, reproduction, or presentation of this work is prohibited except with permission of the author(s).AerospaceGreenhousesGravitropismLong duration missionNASAEsaMelissa2018-11-30Thesisborn digital