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Space Bioprocess Engineering on the Horizon

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Space Bioprocess Engineering on the Horizon

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  • Author: Aaron J. Berliner, Isaac Lipsky, Davian Ho, Jacob M. Hilzinger, Gretchen Vengerova, George Makrygiorgos, Matthew J. McNulty, Kevin Yates, Nils J.H. Averesch, Charles S. Cockell, Tyler Wallentine, Lance C. Seefeldt, Craig S. Criddle, Somen Nandi, Karen A.
Reinvigorated public interest in human space exploration has led to the need to address the science and engineering challenges described by NASA’s Space Technology Grand Challenges (STGCs) for expanding the human presence in space. Here we define Space Bioprocess Engineering (SBE) as a multi-disciplinary approach to design, realize, and manage a biologically-driven space mission as it relates to addressing the STGCs for advancing technologies to support the nutritional, medical, and incidental material requirements that will sustain astronauts against the harsh conditions of interplanetary transit and habitation offworld. SBE combines synthetic biology and bioprocess engineering under extreme constraints to enable and sustain a biological presence in space.

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