Tag Archives: CELSS

Taking life support for granted

Posted on Wed, 14 October 2009 by Mel Green

Pina Chomko: s a story character in my novel-in-progress Cold. She’s not like us: she grew up in outer space. Her dream: to take for granted all the life support services that nature provides for free — just like us. Continue reading →

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Biospherics

Posted on Mon, 12 October 2009 by Mel Green

More on my evolving knowledge about closed ecological life support systems (CELSS) for use in my novels-in-progress projects Long Dark & Cold: biospherics is a handy new term for what it’s really all about.

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Eating (& breathing & crapping) in outer space

Posted on Tue, 29 September 2009 by Mel Green

Research notes on closed ecosystems in outer space, for “Long Dark,” a story I’m trying to write in the same story universe as my 2007 NaNoWriMo “novel” Cold.

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