Micro-organisms in space.
Inside Science is a secondary science series following the success of Scientific Eye and Science in Focus. Inside Science investigates MELISSA - an artificial eco-system intended for space travel which depends on micro-organisms, and chats with astronauts in orbit about the role of micro-organisms i...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | This edition in English. |
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[London] :
Teachers TV/UK Dept. of Education,
2009.
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| Series: | Education in video
Inside science ; 2 |
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | Inside Science is a secondary science series following the success of Scientific Eye and Science in Focus. Inside Science investigates MELISSA - an artificial eco-system intended for space travel which depends on micro-organisms, and chats with astronauts in orbit about the role of micro-organisms in space travel. The programme visits labs in Belgium and Barcelona for an update on the MELISSA project experiments. MELISSA is an acronym for Micro-Ecological Life Support System Alternative. For the past 20 years it has been developing an artificial closed loop eco-system in which micro-organisms are used to break down human waste, produce nutrients for plants, absorb CO2, produce oxygen, and grow edible algae. Scientists explain the types and functions of various micro-organisms in the experiment, the unknowns of microbial evolution, the risks of mutation, and the need to do further space-based testing. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed Mar. 5, 2012). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (17 min.). |