Title page for E-project-101507-102551

Project Type IQP

Submission date 2007-10-15

Authors
Robert Leo Groezinger, MIS
Benjamin E Moody, MA
Christopher J Songer, CS

URN E-project-101507-102551

Division Social Studies of Science and Technology

Title Sustaining Agriculture on the Moon

Advisor
Wilkes, John M., SS

Availability unrestricted

Abstract
Mankind cannot go into space by itself. Plants and animals that are part of a sustainable biosphere will have to go with us. The key to developing a colony on the Moon, or anywhere else, will be the question of how it can feed itself. Tuber (Yam and Potato) agriculture on the Moon is not just a matter of finding water and building a greenhouse. First you have to create soil, then you have to go at least 10 meters underground to avoid cosmic rays, and still you need solar energy.

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jmw_yams_iqp.pdf

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Project Type	IQP
Submission date	2007-10-15
Authors	Robert Leo Groezinger, MIS Benjamin E Moody, MA Christopher J Songer, CS
URN	E-project-101507-102551
Division	Social Studies of Science and Technology
Title	Sustaining Agriculture on the Moon
Advisor	Wilkes, John M., SS
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract Mankind cannot go into space by itself. Plants and animals that are part of a sustainable biosphere will have to go with us. The key to developing a colony on the Moon, or anywhere else, will be the question of how it can feed itself. Tuber (Yam and Potato) agriculture on the Moon is not just a matter of finding water and building a greenhouse. First you have to create soil, then you have to go at least 10 meters underground to avoid cosmic rays, and still you need solar energy.
Files	jmw_yams_iqp.pdf