2/10/23: Biosphere 2 videos, readings, ...

Agenda and Minutes

Biosphere 2 videos:

Note domed "lung" on right, rain forest habitat (I think) on left, and library on top of a tower in the living quarters area.

Note anemometer spinning near top right. Interior "wind"!

One of the interior habitats.

 1. Announcements

  • Plan is to spend 1/2 the time on the kidney survival paper, 1/2 on the planet4589 site.
  • Guest speaker? Maybe in a couple weeks.
  • Any other news? No

2. Reading and discussion

  • Readings for today: 
  • Here are some generic questions about articles (and videos):
    • What is the source?
    • What is the most significant advance in the human knowledge presented in the paper?
    • Why is that advance important?
    • What important questions arise from the paper for future research?
    • What important questions would it be nice if the paper answered, but does not answer?
    • What does the paper present that is novel (no one else has provided that before)?
    • What is the relevance of the paper to our satellite research goals?
    • Questions from the group?

 3. Previously completed readings include:

    • We finished section 6 of MR paper (C:\Users\jdberleant\Dropbox\research\SpaceTravelMetric-b6-5-16\PapersAndPresentations\byOthers\MatthewRoughanDraft.pdf). This completes the parts that we planned to read. 
    • Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9o66fH_sgo (about MOXIE device which converts CO2 to oxygen). We then read a bit more about MOXIE on wikipedia.
    • Https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/07/we-need-new-science-progress/594946 on "progress studies." Completed 9/30/22.
    • Ryan et al., "A Forgotten Moment in Physiology: the Lovelace Woman in Space Program (1960-1962)", 2009. Completed 7/22/22.
    • Various previous papers.



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