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Comments on Elektron Oxygen Generator Versus Martian Sawgrass
The International Space Station and the fictional Venus Equilateral Station (from a 1942 story by George O. Smith) have a problem in common - a failure of the 'air plant'. (Read
the complete story)
"NASA knew about plants as air scrubbers in the 1970s a NASA Environmental engineer (Bill Wolverton PhD) did some research linked to Sky Lab 3 wich found that some plants are efficient at cleaning the Air.
Look At http://www.swedish.org/16432.cfm for 1 answer."
(Christopher Thomas 6/23/2005 4:07:42 PM) |
"I thought it was mentioned that they were "Developed" for terraforming mars, although that may just be my memory playing tricks. I first read that story about 15 years ago.
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(David Mears 6/25/2005 6:13:17 PM) |
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