Rocket Science

The 'Rocket Science' exhibition shows what an appetising menu might look like if astronauts could grow their own fresh vegetables and learn about MELiSSA, a closed-loop ecological life-support system which relies on the abilities of plants
through photosynthesis to absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen back into the cabin for the crew to breathe.

MELiSSA (Micro-Ecological Life Support System Alternative) has been conceived as a micro-organisms and higher plants based ecosystem intended as a tool to gain understanding of the behaviour of artificial ecosystems, and for the development of the technology for a future regenerative life-support system for long-duration manned space missions - for example: a lunar base or a mission to Mars.  

Find out more on MELiSSA here.