2. • Mission and Motivation
o Asteroid Capture
o Envelopment
o Refuelling
• Project Objectives
o Feasibility Study
o Experimentation
I n t r o d u c t i o n • B a c k g r o u n d • D e s i g n C o n c e p t • E x p e r i m e n t a t i o n • C o n c l u s i o n
http://www.escolar.com/avanzado/geografia004.htm
3. • P. aeruginosa
• E. coli
• B. subtilis
• M. barkeri
• M. mazei
• M. taylorii
Archaea Bacteria
Eukaryotes
I n t r o d u c t i o n • B a c k g r o u n d • D e s i g n C o n c e p t • E x p e r i m e n t a t i o n • C o n c l u s i o n
http://phylogenomics.blogspot.com.au/2008/10/twisted-tree-of-life-award-2-science.html
4. • Substrates
o Nutrient availability
o Salinity
o pH control
• Physical Structure
• Water accessibility
I n t r o d u c t i o n • B a c k g r o u n d • D e s i g n C o n c e p t • E x p e r i m e n t a t i o n • C o n c l u s i o n
http://deepspaceindustries.com/prospecting/
5. • Heat
• Gravity
• Radiation
• Vacuum
I n t r o d u c t i o n • B a c k g r o u n d • D e s i g n C o n c e p t • E x p e r i m e n t a t i o n • C o n c l u s i o n
https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/B
acterial_response_to_microgravity
http://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2012/07/space_radiati
on_affects_satellites/11258259-2-eng-GB/Space_radiation_affects_satellites.jpg
6. • Methane Propulsion
• Ethical & Legal Concerns
• Economy & Commerce
I n t r o d u c t i o n • B a c k g r o u n d • D e s i g n C o n c e p t • E x p e r i m e n t a t i o n • C o n c l u s i o n
http://ingienous.com/the-challenge/green-technology/waste/space-waste/
7. • Asteroid Capture
o Trajectory Optimisation
• Bagging & ECLSS
o Microbial Survival
o Methane Capture
o Storage
o Refining Process
I n t r o d u c t i o n • B a c k g r o u n d • D e s i g n C o n c e p t • E x p e r i m e n t a t i o n • C o n c l u s i o n
http://www.planetaryresources.com
8. I n t r o d u c t i o n • B a c k g r o u n d • D e s i g n C o n c e p t • E x p e r i m e n t a t i o n • C o n c l u s i o n
Lab SetupPhase Diagram
En.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase_ Diagram
9. I n t r o d u c t i o n • B a c k g r o u n d • D e s i g n C o n c e p t • E x p e r i m e n t a t i o n • C o n c l u s i o n
P. aeruginosa E. coli B. subtilis
Controls
(Atmospheric Pressure)
60 min Exposure
(Low Pressure)
v
10. I n t r o d u c t i o n • B a c k g r o u n d • D e s i g n C o n c e p t • E x p e r i m e n t a t i o n • C o n c l u s i o n
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M. Mazei
M. Taylorii
11. • Potentially Feasible, more research needed
• Future Work
o More Strains
o Longer Exposure, Stronger Vacuums, Repetition
o Combined Effects Analysis
o Ecological Theory Testing
• Increased In-Situ Resource Utilisation Capabilities
I n t r o d u c t i o n • B a c k g r o u n d • D e s i g n C o n c e p t • E x p e r i m e n t a t i o n • C o n c l u s i o n
12. Acknowledgments
• Dr Naomi Tsafnat
• Professor Mike Manefield
• Dr Stephen Parker
• Dr Robert Barnes
• Dr Sabrina Beckmann
• Professor Andrew Dempster
• Joel Dennerley
• Dr Gordon Roesler
• Dr Barnaby Osborne
• Professor Steven Freeland
• Mark Sonter
13. • http://www.planetaryresources.com/
• http://www.escolar.com/avanzado/geografia004.htm
• http://www.cmar.csiro.au/datacentre/taxonomy/mainlist.htm
• http://bucurestifm.ro/2014/09/05/un-asteroid-de-peste-30-de-metri-va-
trece-duminica-pe-langa-terra/
• http://www.xcor.com/blog/videomike/
• http://www.universetoday.com/102234/put-the-aurora-borealis-in-your-ear/
I n t r o d u c t i o n • B a c k g r o u n d • D e s i g n C o n c e p t • E x p e r i m e n t a t i o n • C o n c l u s i o n
14. chaoite C
diamond C
graphite C
lonsdaleite C
cohenite (Fe,Ni)3C
haxonite (Fe,Ni)23C6
iron carbide Fe2.5C
molybdenum carbide MoC
silicon carbide SiC
titanium carbide TiC
zirconium carbide ZrC
Phosphate carbonate fluorapatiteCa5(PO4,CO3)3F
oxalate whewellite CaC2O4.H2O
various Presolar grains
Native Element
Carbide
ankerite Ca(Fe+2
,Mg,Mn)(C03)2
aragonite CaCO3
barringtonite MgCO3.2H2O
calcite CaCO3
dolomite CaMg(C03)2
hydromagnesite Mg5(C03)4(OH)2.4H20
kutnohorite Ca(Mn,Mg,Fe+2
)(C03)2
magnesite (Mg,Fe)CO3
nesquehonite Mg(HCO3)(OH).2H2O
nyerereite Na2Ca(CO3)2
reevesite Ni6Fe2(CO3)(0H)14.4H2O
rhodochrosite MnCO3
siderite FeCO3
vaterite CaCO3
zaratite Ni3(CO3)(OH)4.4H2O
Carbonate
Carbonaceous Substrates
16. I n t r o d u c t i o n • B a c k g r o u n d • D e s i g n C o n c e p t • E x p e r i m e n t a t i o n • C o n c l u s i o n
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BacterialViability,NormalisedCFU/mL
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P. aeruginosa E. coli B. subtilis
Atmospheric Pressure Low Pressure Exposure
17. I n t r o d u c t i o n • B a c k g r o u n d • D e s i g n C o n c e p t • E x p e r i m e n t a t i o n • C o n c l u s i o n
M. barkeri M. mazei M. tayloriiLive Cells
Dead Cells
Controls
(Atmospheric Pressure)
60 min Exposure
(Low Pressure)
