Greenhab Repot – March 27th – Mars Desert Research Station

GreenHab Report
Kai Takeda
27 MAR 2018

Environmental control:

Ambient with window/door open
Shade cloth on
Fan on
Heater on(morning)

Average temperatures: 22.8℃
Low 18.5℃
High 31.3℃

Hours of supplemental light: None

Changes to crops: Added hydroponic crops.

Daily water usage for crops: 2gal

Time(s) of watering for crops: 08:30 and 15:30

Moringa research observations: None

Changes to research plants: No

Aquaponics: None

Narrative: I set a Japanese hydroponic machine “foop” and my hydroponic crops.
I harvested tomatoes, green peppers, leaf lettuce and herb.

Support/supplies needed: None

About The MDRS

The Mars Desert Research Station in the Utah desert was established by the Mars Society in 2001 to better educate researchers, students and the general public about how humans can survive on the Red Planet. It is the second Mars analogue habitat after the Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station was established in 2000.

Over 200 crews of six-person teams have lived in 1-2 week field visits at MDRS to simulate life on the Martian surface. Researchers and students alike have explored the Mars-like terrain in the area surrounding the station in full “spacesuits”, maintained the station’s systems, grown plants in the GreenHab to support themselves and even recycled their waste water.

Our activities at MDRS are not only about informing the public, but also conducting real research to bring humanity that much closer to the reality of human exploration on the planet Mars.

Annual field seasons at MDRS run approx. October through May. Anybody can apply to be on a crew, and we also need volunteers to help with the project.

Management Team

Mission Support

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Greenhab Repot – March 27th

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