Life Support for a Lunar Garden

Show germination in lunar gravity & radiation

Lunar Plant Experiment C. McKay, PI

R. Alena R. Bowman, A. Davé

Four Ames technologies fly with Google X-Prize

Support for human habitation

Four Ames technologies make life on the Moon possible

Light filtering solar concentrator

Plants engineered for the Moon

Wireless sensors and control

Microfluidics control

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Light Filtering Glenn Alers of UC Santa Cruz sponsored by Brad & Leslie Bebout

•  Selective transmission for Photosynthetically active 400 – 700 nm •  Absorbs UV and green and matches photosynthetic range •  Minimizies heat load into closed greenhouse •  Collects light even from oblique solar zenith angles

Wireless Sensors • Lowers launch mass • Requires Fewer pass-throughs • Reduces physical complexity

Rick Alena, Thom Stone of code T

New Work • Building prototypes • Testing in relevant environment • MoonEx integration

Contributors and Collaborators Nargis Adham Richard L. Alena, Glenn Alers, Jarren Baldwin, Brad M. Bebout, Leslie E. Bebout, Rosalba Bonaccorsi, Robert Boman, Matt Buffa, Steve Chelli, Arwen I. Dave,

Lynn Hofland, Chris Mckay, Hemil Modi, Emmett A.Quigley, Sangeeta Sankar, Thom Stone, Falguni G.Suthar, Ryan Walker, Benjamin John Wilcock, David Willson, Jan Winter