Cesare Lobascio

Cesare Lobascio

Turin, Piemonte, Italia
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Experienced and enthusiastic Space professional, with a demonstrated history of work in…

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Esperienza

  • Grafico Thales Alenia Space

    Thales Alenia Space

    Turin Area, Italy

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    Turin Area, Italy

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    Turin Area, Italy

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    Turin Area, Italy

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    Turin Area, Italy

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    San Francisco Bay Area

Formazione

  • Grafico University of California, Berkeley

    University of California, Berkeley

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    Attività e associazioni:International House Students and Fulbright Fellows activities

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    Amedeo Avogadro, Vercelli, Italy

Licenze e certificazioni

Esperienze di volontariato

  • Teacher, Tutor

    Secondary schools, such as Liceo Scientifico A. Avogadro, Vercelli

    - Presente 19 anni

    Formazione

    Teaching space exploration and conducting interactive project works with students, exploiting human space flight and space environment topics to inspire students towards STEM, physics, environmental engineering and conservation of resources.

Pubblicazioni

  • A Sustainable Concept for a Human Exploration Spacecraft

    Proceedings of "Space Exploration International Conference - October 29-31, 2014, Strasbourg (France)"

    There is growing consensus within the international space community that the surface of Mars is the ultimate destination for human exploration efforts over the next two decades. As this consensus solidifies, the focus will turn to the necessary steps and associated capabilities that will be required to execute such a challenging mission. It is desirable to consider International participation in any follow on capabilities that are developed. NASA is making significant progress on development of…

    There is growing consensus within the international space community that the surface of Mars is the ultimate destination for human exploration efforts over the next two decades. As this consensus solidifies, the focus will turn to the necessary steps and associated capabilities that will be required to execute such a challenging mission. It is desirable to consider International participation in any follow on capabilities that are developed. NASA is making significant progress on development of the Space Launch System (SLS) and the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle that will form the basis of any exploration program.

    A Deep Space Habitat and a Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP)-based transfer stage may represent the next logical capabilities that should be developed. Together with SLS and Orion, these new capabilities would allow a number of exciting interim missions to be executed and demonstrate critical capabilities that will be employed for a Mars mission.

    In this paper Aerojet Rocketdyne and Thales Alenia Space will outline concepts for a Deep Space Habitat and SEP Transfer Stage, including features for extensibility and augmentation of capabilities, and investigate possible missions that could be accomplished using these elements in conjunction with SLS and Orion.

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  • Modified energy cascade model adapted for a multicrop Lunar greenhouse prototype

    Advances in Space Research

    Models are required to accurately predict mass and energy balances in a bioregenerative life support system. A modified energy cascade model was used to predict outputs of a multi-crop (tomatoes, potatoes, lettuce and strawberries) Lunar greenhouse prototype. The model performance was evaluated against measured data obtained from several system closure experiments. The model predictions corresponded well to those obtained from experimental measurements for the overall system closure test period…

    Models are required to accurately predict mass and energy balances in a bioregenerative life support system. A modified energy cascade model was used to predict outputs of a multi-crop (tomatoes, potatoes, lettuce and strawberries) Lunar greenhouse prototype. The model performance was evaluated against measured data obtained from several system closure experiments. The model predictions corresponded well to those obtained from experimental measurements for the overall system closure test period (five months), especially for biomass produced (0.7% underestimated), water consumption (0.3% overestimated) and condensate production (0.5% overestimated).
    However, the model was less accurate when the results were compared with data obtained from a shorter experimental time period, with 31%, 48% and 51% error for biomass uptake, water consumption, and condensate production, respectively, which were obtained under
    more complex crop production patterns (e.g. tall tomato plants covering part of the lettuce production zones). These results, together with a model sensitivity analysis highlighted the necessity of periodic characterization of the environmental parameters (e.g. light levels, air leakage) in the Lunar greenhouse.

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  • Concept of a Lunar FARM: Food And Revitalization Module

    Acta Astronautica 2010, doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2009.10.027. – Article published on Acta Astronautica Journal, volume 66

    The paper presents the results of a study performed during the Project Work Activity by students of the second edition of the International Master Course in SpacE Exploration and Development Systems (SEEDS).
    The study focused on the design of a Permanent Human mOon Exploration BasE (PHOEBE) located in the Moon South Pole region and its supporting infrastructures. Among all the Moon base building blocks identified and studied, the paper analyzes the impact of a greenhouse, denominated Food…

    The paper presents the results of a study performed during the Project Work Activity by students of the second edition of the International Master Course in SpacE Exploration and Development Systems (SEEDS).
    The study focused on the design of a Permanent Human mOon Exploration BasE (PHOEBE) located in the Moon South Pole region and its supporting infrastructures. Among all the Moon base building blocks identified and studied, the paper analyzes the impact of a greenhouse, denominated Food And Revitalization Module (FARM), over the feasibility of the human Moon settlement, considering PHOEBE lifetime of 20 years.

    The objective of the FARM project has been to design a plant growth chamber module to be integrated in a bio-regenerative life support system for PHOEBE and to evaluate the impact of various bio-regenerative system concepts with respect to a typical physico-chemical ECLS system. The design process began with a system analysis, essentially devoted to the study of the required functionalities of the system. A crop analysis has been performed to analyze the plant performances and from these results, different options of diet/crop combinations have been evaluated, starting from a greenhouse able to fulfill almost 100% of all the nutritional needs of the crew, and scaling down to less than 50% of the needs, with food integrations from Earth. The most impacting subsystems have been studied and a possible configuration (both internally and externally) has been designed.

    The results of the trade-off, based on an Equivalent System Mass approach, showed that after 11 years one greenhouse with cultivation area of 538 m2 and cultivation volume of 222 m3 was adequate for the diet of 18 astronauts on the permanent Moon base, based on 84% of vegetarian food produced on the base and a remaining 16% of food re-supplied from Earth.

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  • Plant bioregenerative life supports - The Italian CAB Project

    Journal of Plant Interactions

    The Bioregenerative Life Support program CAB (Controllo Ambientale Biorigenerativo) is a key element of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) Medicine & Biotechnology scientific program, set forth in the ASI Activity Plan 20062008. The CAB program started in October 2006, under the prime partnership of Thales Alenia Space Italia, with a feasibility study of a controlled biological system, allowing the regeneration of resources and the production of food for life support in long duration missions. Main…

    The Bioregenerative Life Support program CAB (Controllo Ambientale Biorigenerativo) is a key element of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) Medicine & Biotechnology scientific program, set forth in the ASI Activity Plan 20062008. The CAB program started in October 2006, under the prime partnership of Thales Alenia Space Italia, with a feasibility study of a controlled biological system, allowing the regeneration of resources and the production of food for life support in long duration missions. Main constituents of the CAB program are: (a) Higher plants as basic elements for food and oxygen production, CO2 regeneration and water purification via the photosynthetic and leaf transpiration processes, and (b) biological & physico-chemical systems for environmental control, monitoring, power & data distribution, etc. The sectors of
    technological and scientific concern are practically all the ones typical for life support systems in the frame of long duration
    human missions; i.e., food production, in particular via the cultivation of higher plants, and food management; air
    regeneration (production of O2, removal of CO2, trace gas control); water regeneration (urine processing, gray water processing, potable water management); solid waste processing; resources allocation and storage; control of environmental conditions (Thermal-hygrometric, light, pressure, radiation, etc).

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  • RADIATION SHIELDING MODEL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE ISS ITALIAN HABITATION MODULE

    pace Radiation Shielding Technology Workshop April 3-5, 2002 NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, USA

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Riconoscimenti e premi

  • ICES Award for Technical Excellence

    International Conference on Environmental Systems (ICES)

    The ICES Award for Technical Excellence recognizes individual technical contributions to Space Environmental Control and Life Support (ECLSS), Thermal Control Systems (TCS), Extravehicular Activity (EVA), Crew Systems, and Habitation. The individual selected is being recognized for accomplishments that advance the state of the art in the environmental control industry, contributions to ICES-related parts of space projects, and/or efforts supporting the organization and conduct of the ICES…

    The ICES Award for Technical Excellence recognizes individual technical contributions to Space Environmental Control and Life Support (ECLSS), Thermal Control Systems (TCS), Extravehicular Activity (EVA), Crew Systems, and Habitation. The individual selected is being recognized for accomplishments that advance the state of the art in the environmental control industry, contributions to ICES-related parts of space projects, and/or efforts supporting the organization and conduct of the ICES conference. Candidates for the ICES Award are nominated by peers through the ICES sponsoring committees and selected by the ICES Steering Committee.

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