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Growing Food In Space: A Comparison Of Led And Solar-Fiber-Optic Technologies, Paul Kusuma, J. Matthew Hardy
Growing Food In Space: A Comparison Of Led And Solar-Fiber-Optic Technologies, Paul Kusuma, J. Matthew Hardy
Utah Space Grant Consortium
Growing food on Mars for long-term space exploration has many benefits including reduced fuel and cost requirements for lift-off, improved nutrition and psychological benefits for astronauts, air purification, and oxygen and water regeneration. However, complications are caused by the thin atmosphere on Mars, which would force production underground or into a heavily armored shelter. Providing the massive number of photons necessary to grow food is expensive and careful consideration must be made regarding the most promising technologies. The two most promising options are a combination of either concentrating mirrors coupled to solar-fiber-optics (SFO), or photovoltaics (PV) coupled to light-emitting diodes …
What In Tarnation? Monitoring Animal Entrapments At The Rozel Tar Seeps, Mary Sanchez, Cayla Martin, Jaimi Butler, David Kimberly, Foad Yousef
What In Tarnation? Monitoring Animal Entrapments At The Rozel Tar Seeps, Mary Sanchez, Cayla Martin, Jaimi Butler, David Kimberly, Foad Yousef
Utah Space Grant Consortium
The Great Salt Lake (GSL) is one of the largest migratory stops for many species of birds in North America. At Rozel Point, along the banks of the Great Salt Lake, there are tar seeps where some species of birds have gotten entrapped and died. These petroleum seeps are both naturally occurring and human created. The temperature that the seeps become sticky, the possibility of prey animals drawing predators in, and the appearance of the tar seeps are all important aspects of why birds are drawn to these seeps. Using motion sensor cameras and temperature monitoring devices, the animals that …
Links Between Eruptive Styles, Magmatic Evolution, And Morphology Of Shield Volcanoes: Snake River Plain, Idaho, Katelyn J. Barton, Michelle Hurst
Links Between Eruptive Styles, Magmatic Evolution, And Morphology Of Shield Volcanoes: Snake River Plain, Idaho, Katelyn J. Barton, Michelle Hurst
Utah Space Grant Consortium
Despite their similar ages and geographic locations, two low-shield volcanoes on the eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho, Kimama Butte (87 ka) and Rocky Butte (95 ka), have strikingly different profiles. In this study, these two volcanoes are examined to determine the connections between chemical composition, intensive parameters, eruption style, and topographic features of basaltic shield volcanoes. Because lava temperature, magma viscosity, and chemical composition overlap at the two volcanoes, they are probably not important controls on the differences in morphology. The main difference at the two shields, aside from general vent morphology, is the presence of late-stage, phenocryst-rich, high viscosity …