Circular Economy Research Symposium In the first session, Coen Hubers outlined the main conclusions and findings of the Mission to Mars seminars.

1. Centre for
Sustainability
Mission to Mars

3. MISSION TO MARS
What horticulture and space exploration
can learn from each other

4. SPACE
HORTICULTURE
CIRCULAR
GREENHOUSE
MISSION TO MARS
What horticulture and space exploration
can learn from each other

5. MISSION TO MARS
What horticulture and space exploration
can learn from each other

7. STRUCTURE
Series of 7 seminars at the World Horti Center
19 January - 7 March 2018
Combining space exploration and horticulture
Core lectures + guest speakers
Concluding international webinar
MISSION TO MARS
What horticulture and space exploration
can learn from each other

8. TOPICS
Lecture 1: Energy Management
Lecture 2: Water Management
Lecture 3: Climate and Lighting
Lecture 4: Soil and Plant Health
Lecture 5: Alternative Material Streams
Lecture 6: Automation and Digitization
Lecture 7: Vertical and Urban Farming
MISSION TO MARS
What horticulture and space exploration
can learn from each other

9. GUEST SPEAKERS
Lecture 1: Hans van de Berg, LTO Glaskracht
Lecture 2: Guus Meis, LTO Glaskracht
Lecture 3: Jan Voogt, Hoogendoorn
Dennis Medema, LTO Glaskracht
Lecture 4: Peter Jens, Koppert
Helma Verberkt, LTO Glaskracht
Lecture 5: Dewi Hartkamp, SIGN
Lecture 6: Ton van Dijk, LetsGrow
Lecture 7: Luuk Graamans, TU Delft
MISSION TO MARS
What horticulture and space exploration
can learn from each other

10. Biosphere 2, Arizona, 1991-1994
CLOSED LOOP SYSTEMS

11. WASTE RECYCLING
Eu:CROPIS, DLR & ESA, launch with Falcon 9 in 2018

12. AEROPONICS
Diary of a Space Zucchini, Don Pettit, NASA, 2012

13. Aram Shahoyan & Lusine Baghdasaryan, Vertical Farming Centre, Yerevan, 2014Vincent Callebaut Architects, Asian Cairns, Shenzhen, 2013
VERTICAL AND URBAN FARMING

14. SPACE → HORTICULTURE
General circular thinking
Waste recycling (MELiSSA)
Sensing/control of water and climate
Automation, robotics, AI
Photovoltaics
Space optimization
MISSION TO MARS
What horticulture and space exploration
can learn from each other

15. HORTICULTURE → SPACE
Large-scale food production
Real-time nutrient sensing
Lighting technology
Biological pest control
MISSION TO MARS
What horticulture and space exploration
can learn from each other

16. PLANNING 2018 -2019
September/October 2018
International webinar in September/October
Co-created list of ideas for the research agenda
Innovation exchange event with ESA 31 jan. 2019
MOOC at TU Delft
Mission to Mars 2.0
MISSION TO MARS
What horticulture and space exploration
can learn from each other