High-Level Project Summary
It is a proposal to grow nutritious, medicinal and easily accessible food during the trip to Mars, the black quinoa (Chenopodium petiolare) that not only has proteins, vitamins and other compounds but also contains lithium and what better that it can be consumed in germinated grains in the form of nutritious and medicinal salads as it currently has a use is to stabilize the mood against stress problems, depression. The cultivation of black quinoa is composed of a microbial electrochemical system using the urine of the crew members who will travel as a nutrient substrate.
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Detailed Project Description
Our proposal focuses on a food that regulates the state of mental health of the crew members who will travel to Mars. In the cultivation of Chenopodium petiolare (black quinoa grains) we will use the urine of the crew members as a source of nutrients for its growth.
Black quinoa has a lithium content that helps stabilize the emotions of the people who consume it, in this case it will be consumed in a salad of sprouted black quinoa grains. We hope to achieve good mental health for the crew members, as well as reuse organic waste such as crew urine.
Our team considered using a microbial electrochemical system for nutrient recovery and urine purification.
Urea hydrolysis is induced by anodic microorganisms and accelerated by the electrical potential within the microbial electrochemical system to provide ammonium and balance the pH at the anode. Driven by the electrical potential generated by the microbial electrochemical system, the ammonium ion and phosphate ion contained in the urine migrate to the concentration recovery solution.
The advantage of using a microbial electrochemical system is the reuse of the astronaut's urea several times without using other materials.
Space Agency Data
Being able to grow plants that provide nutritious and medicinal food was inspired by Veggie as they used accessories from the growth chambers of the international space station, their light system and oxygen delivery control made us add a microbial electrochemical system.
Our team considered using an electrochemical system for nutrient recovery and urine purification.
The hydrolysis of urea is induced by anodic microorganisms and further accelerated by the electrical potential within the microbial electrochemical system to provide ammonium and balance the pH at the anode. Driven by the electrical potential generated by the microbial electrochemical system, so the ammonium ion and phosphate ion contained in the urine migrated to the concentration recovery solution. It is worth mentioning that studies in the region of Puno, Peru determined lithium content in black quinoa (Chenopodium petiolare) where it is used as a mental state stabilizer.
Hackathon Journey
How would you describe your experience with Space Apps?
A very good experience that helped us grow as a team and learn from all our mentors.
What inspired your team to choose this challenge?
We were inspired by the emotional health that there is still no food that helps.
What was your approach to developing this project?
We focused on food being your medicine and medicine being your food.
How did your team resolve setbacks and challenges?
Thanks to virtual platforms such as meet and google drive we were able to develop our proposal.
Is there anyone you would like to thank and why?
Yes to all the organizing team and mentors for all the opportunities and knowledge.
References
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Kovalev, V. S., Manukovsky, N. S., & Tikhomirov, A. A. (2019). Computing-feasibility study of NASA nutrition requirements as applied to a bioregenerative life support system. Acta Astronautica, 159, 371-376.
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SENASA (2020). Guía de Buenas Prácticas Agrícolas para el Cultivo de Quinua. 23 pp.
Wu G, Peterson AJ, Morris CF and Murphy KM (2016) Quinoa Seed Quality Response to Sodium Chloride and Sodium Sulfate Salinity. Front. Plant Sci. 7:790. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00790
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Tags
#quinoa, #mentalhealth, #medicine
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