Week 12: ideation

When doing the quick in class ideation and prototyping exercise with Karla, given the prompt “How can we grow food in space?”, she came up with the following ideas/questions:

  • aquatic farm

  • algae farm

  • indoor ecosystem:

    • more green

    • discover new species

    • preserve species

  • indoor greenhouse

  • enough nutrients to sustain life

  • flavor?

  • planet atmosphere, conditions?

  • energy requirements?

  • foods that aren’t resource intensive

  • separate power source to operate the indoor farm

  • Solar? how do solar panels work in space? How does the environment affect them?