1. Life Support for a Lunar Garden
Support for human
habitation
Show germination
in lunar gravity &
radiation
Four Ames Lunar Plant Experiment
technologies fly with C. McKay, PI
R. Alena
Google X-Prize R. Bowman, A. Davé

2. Four Ames technologies make life
on the Moon possible
Plants engineered
1 for the Moon
Light filtering solar
concentrator
3
2
4
Wireless sensors Microfluidics control
and control

3. Light Filtering
Glenn Alers of UC Santa Cruz sponsored by Brad & Leslie Bebout
• Selective transmission for Photosynthetically active 400 – 700 nm
• Absorbs UV and green and matches photosynthetic range
• Minimizies heat load into closed greenhouse
• Collects light even from oblique solar zenith angles

4. Wireless Sensors
Rick Alena, Thom Stone of code T
• Lowers launch mass
• Requires Fewer pass-throughs
• Reduces physical complexity

5. New Work
• Building prototypes
• Testing in relevant environment
• MoonEx integration

6. Contributors and Collaborators
Nargis Adham Lynn Hofland,
Richard L. Alena, Chris Mckay,
Glenn Alers, Hemil Modi,
Jarren Baldwin, Emmett A.Quigley,
Brad M. Bebout, Sangeeta Sankar,
Leslie E. Bebout, Thom Stone,
Rosalba Bonaccorsi, Falguni G.Suthar,
Robert Boman, Ryan Walker,
Matt Buffa, Benjamin John Wilcock,
Steve Chelli, David Willson,
Arwen I. Dave, Jan Winter