Illustrations for a ship using a “closed ecological system” for life support, done for NASA’s Tech Transfer Program. Illustrations were presented to members at the NASA Langley Research Center.

For more information on the technology behind the illustrations (ARC-18289-1, TOP2-296), visit:

https://ntts-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/t2p/prod/t2media/tops/pdf/TOP2-296.pdf

The Tech Transfer Program is for making partnerships or licensing agreements possible with industry, so businesses can find ways to use NASA’s technological advances to benefit citizens in countless ways. If you’re interested in NASA research to make a closed ecological system work for these purposes, here’s some more info:

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Agency Licensing Concierge
Ames Research Center
MS 202A-3
Moffett Field, CA 94035
202-358-7432
Agency-Patent-Licensing@mail.nasa.gov
www.nasa.gov