Controlled ecological life support systems (CELSS) in high pressure environments
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1Biotechnology Department, Alberta Research Council, Edmonton, Canada.
Acta Astronautica
|May 1, 1989
Abstract:
Future space habitats may be constructed in high pressure environments. The biological components of any controlled ecological life support systems (CELSS) used in these habitats will have to be able to grow and metabolize normally for the CELSS to operate.
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