Off Earth Agriculture

In the context of deep space missions and extraterrestrial settlements, human excrement presents both a profound challenge and a remarkable opportunity. It is a nutrient-rich resource that must be actively recycled to reduce dependency on resupply missions, yet it also represents a significant source of microbial bioburden requiring careful management within closed bioregenerative life support systems. Human excrement composting offers a powerful solution, providing a biologically driven mechanism for nutrient cycling that can directly support plant growth, closed-loop agriculture, and long-term human survival beyond Earth.

This is an emerging area of interest for the CML. Follow our progress once our work begins.