52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2021 (LPI Contrib. No. 2548) 2545.pdf GROWTH OF THE GRAPEVINES IN THE CONTROLLED GREEHOUSE ENVIRONMENT AND PROSPECTS OF THE SPACE AGRICULTURE. M. V. Tarasashvili1,2,3,
[email protected]; N. G. Aleksidze3,
[email protected], N. G. Doborjginidze1,
[email protected]; N. G. Gharibashvili1,4,
[email protected] . 1Georgian Space Research Agency, 4 Vasil Petriashvili Street, 0179, Tbilisi, Georgia; 2Business and Technology University, 82 Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue, 0162, Tbilisi, Georgia; 3Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University; 1, Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue, 0179 Tbilisi, Georgia; 4Spase Farms Ltd, 14 Merab kostava Street, 0108, Tbilisi, Georgia. Introduction: Thus far, suitable life-support con- 25% and the average concentration of CO2 is 1000- ditions on space flights and on the space stations have 1200 ppm. Minimum night temperature was 2˚C and been maintained solely via physical and chemical daylight temperature was around 20˚C. Parallel Cul- means. However, for long-duration missions to distant tures have been grown at Moon and Mars Research destinations, such as Moon Base or exploratory mis- Laboratory under natural light environment at BTU – sions to Mars, biological life support systems (BLSSs) Business and Technology University may be needed to ensure sustainable functioning of the (https://btu.edu.ge), which operates under the supervi- living environment, food supply and water purifica- sion of GSRA - Georgian Space Research Agency. tion. As on Earth, this conversion process would need to be based on photosynthesis [1]. Here we review preliminary data from the experiments of the grape- vine growth within artificial ecosystem of Ltd.