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Purpose
Project Greenhab is responsible for building the MDRS
greenhouse. The purpose is threefold. First: provide a wastewater recycling
system, reducing resupply requirements for the station; Second: establish a research
facility for Humans-to-Mars related life support; Third: simulate the
appearance of a cylindrical inflated structure as a visual and operational
analog to a possible Mars base greenhouse.
Segment one of a planned
three-segment structure was erected at the site in November. A twin of this
structure, at the University of Maryland - College Park has also been built,
and a second MDRS segment is in planning stages. The UMD segment is used for
testing equipment and procedures for the MDRS segment, as well as for ongoing
research and class projects at the University.
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