Mathematical Modeling of Food Systems for Long-Term Space Missions 2002-01-2290
The quantitative analysis of the food system for long-term space missions is a crucial factor for the comparison of different food plans and for the evaluation of the food system as part of the overall mission. Such analysis should include important factors such as nutrition, palatability, diet cycle length, and psychological issues related to food. This paper will give the details of a mathematical model that was developed during the first author's participation as a Summer Faculty Fellow at Johnson Space Center. The model includes nutrition, palatability, diet cycle length, and psychological issues as important components. The model is compatible with the Equivalent System Mass (ESM) metric previously developed as the Advance Life Support (ALS) Research and Technology Metric.
Citation: Cruthirds, J., Kloeris, V., and Perchonok, M., "Mathematical Modeling of Food Systems for Long-Term Space Missions," SAE Technical Paper 2002-01-2290, 2002, https://doi.org/10.4271/2002-01-2290. Download Citation
Author(s):
John Cruthirds, Vickie Kloeris, Michele Perchonok
Affiliated:
University of South Alabama, NASA Johnson Space Center, National Space Biomedical Research Institute, NASA Johnson Space Center
Pages: 8
Event:
International Conference On Environmental Systems
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Related Topics:
Mathematical models
Psychiatry and psychology
Research and development
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