Greenhouses — revision 39792

The Greenhouses project is a project of [[SolSeed]] which is an expression of our desire to contribute to [[theDestiny]]. The Greenhouses will be designed to land on cold worlds in the Solar System and grow and store food for later consumption by astronauts visiting the world. = Scope = The project is to [[Bring Life]] to other worlds in a meaningful way with the minimum payload size. * The project will include the following abilities ** The ability to extract resources needed to grow plants (e.g. CO<sub>2</sub>, NH3, H2O, K&P-compounds) ** The ability to process resources into the forms needed for plants ** The ability to maintain the environment needed for plant growth (Temperature, atmospheric pressure and composition, water chemistry) ** The ability to garden plants (protect from disease, etc...) ** The ability to harvest plants or edible parts of plants ** The ability to preserve harvested plants * The project may include the following abilities ** The ability to store Oxygen gas produced as a useful bi-product of the plant growth * The project will not include the following abilities ** The ability to build new greenhouse infrastructure (robotics, pumps, sensors, etc...) in situ = Sensors for pc-board integrations: = * pH https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10972 * dissolved oxygen https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11194 * IR thermometer https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10740