D2.5 Design Report

This document provides a summary of the results of the two week EDEN ISS concurrent engineering
design study conducted from Sep 7-18, 2015. The primary goal of the study was to produce a preliminary design of the EDEN ISS Mobile Test Facility. This preliminary design includes details from all
Mobile Test Facility subsystems as well as initial details on a number of scientific and operational
themes relevant to the EDEN ISS project. It is important to note, that the design of the Mobile Test
Facility will continue to evolve, especially at the subsystem level, but that this document represents a
snapshot of the design at the system level, and its status at the completion of the concurrent engineering design study in conjunction with its associated period of post-processing. The design study
also generated a number of important supplementary reference documents including subsystem
block diagrams and detailed ‘subsystem calculators’ which detail all subsystem components, quantities, estimated mass, volume and power in addition to a first detailed estimate of project spares and
consumables. Although extracts of this information are included directly in the report, the current
drafts of these documents should be referenced as separate files.
The EDEN ISS concurrent engineering design study has matured the design of the Mobile Test Facility
and its Future Exploration Greenhouse, Service Section (including the ISPR full rack plant growth system demonstrator) and cold porch. The study has proven the feasibility of the EDEN ISS project and
demonstrated that the facility will serve as a valuable resource to the Neumayer III Antarctic Station
and as a test-bed for testing plant growth technologies and operational techniques for use within
future space-based missions.