Can we grow food using Martian soil? - Bob Barbosa - 2021 Mars Society Virtual Convention

Описание: Track Code: O-10

A team of high school Junior astronauts are taking their biology, botany, and chemistry lessons to a whole new level. They want to create Martian soil and grow food. They are excited about all things Mars and are willing to do the hard work to accomplish their goals and objectives. Our students understand that plants will have to live in a temperature controlled protective structure with air, soil, water, light, and the right combinations of macro and micronutrients. The Barboza Space Center trains high school tiger teams of junior astronauts, engineers, pilots and scientists. One of our tiger teams is in charge of growing food for other tiger teams on special assignment. We are located at the southern California Ontario International Airport and we service the Fontana and Chaffey Unified School Districts. We received a grant to create a special program to explore the career paths associated with space and aviation. To simulate growing food on Mars, we created a system of robotic hydroponic agricultural gardens, and other growing environments that would help our tiger teams to grow food with the help of robots. We invite you to explore our project photo essay. It helps us to share what it took for our tiger teams to meet their goals and objectives. This Mars project helped to feed our sponsors during the pandemic. Our southern California tiger teams will continue to explore new and creative ideas that will make growing food on Mars a reality. www.BarbozaSpaceCenter.com

From the 24th Annual International Mars Society Convention, held as a Virtual Convention worldwide on the Internet from October 14-17, 2021. The four-day International Mars Society Convention, held every year since 1998, brings together leading scientists, engineers, aerospace industry representatives, government policymakers and journalists to talk about the latest scientific discoveries, technological advances and political-economic developments that could help pave the way for a human mission to the planet Mars.

Conference Papers and some presentations will be available on www.MarsPapers.org

For more information on the Mars Society, visit our website at www.MarsSociety.org

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