{ "project": "Anyground", "accessed": "2026-10-29", "scope": "Targeted corroboration and additions to the supplied 98-page Vision-and-Strategy.pdf, not replacement of its research. No claim that every draft source was freshly re-audited.", "method": "Five Elicit semantic queries returned 30 records; selected primary sources inspected using web. Search snippets are discovery except where explicitly marked restricted verification. Source-specific evidence is distinguished from proposed engineering.", "evidence": [ { "id": "R01", "title": "Biomass Production of the EDEN ISS Space Greenhouse in Antarctica During the 2018 Experiment Phase", "url": "https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science/articles/10.3389/fpls.2020.00656/full", "year": 2020, "type": "peer-reviewed primary experiment", "review": "Full publisher article inspected", "maturity": "field research", "finding": "Reported 268 kg edible fresh biomass from 26 crops on 12.5 m² over the 2018 season. Operation used a controlled chamber in two modified containers with LED lighting and managed climate.", "boundary": "Fresh vegetables are not a complete diet; Antarctic operation is not lunar qualification. Crop, labor, energy and maintenance boundaries remain necessary.", "implication": "Publish edible fresh mass separately from dietary calories and record human work for the entire crop cycle.", "sourceDraftCoverage": "Already discussed; current confirmation." }, { "id": "R02", "title": "NASA Achieves Water Recovery Milestone on International Space Station", "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/missions/station/nasa-achieves-water-recovery-milestone-on-international-space-station/", "year": 2023, "type": "space agency demonstration account", "review": "Official article inspected", "maturity": "operational demonstration", "finding": "NASA reported approximately 98% water recovery with brine processing added to the specialized ISS water-recovery train.", "boundary": "Not 98% total resource independence; hardware, filters, quality monitoring, reprocessing and residual waste remain.", "implication": "Show separate water, food, nutrient, oxygen, energy and spare-parts balances.", "sourceDraftCoverage": "Already discussed; current confirmation." }, { "id": "R03", "title": "ESA MELiSSA: Closed Loop Concept", "url": "https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Engineering_Technology/Melissa/Closed_Loop_Concept", "year": null, "type": "space agency research program", "review": "Official concept page inspected", "maturity": "experimental systems integration", "finding": "MELiSSA combines biological and mechanical processing toward recovery of food, water and oxygen from wastes, carbon dioxide and minerals using light.", "boundary": "Program objective is not a retail closed-loop habitat or proof of indefinite unattended operation.", "implication": "Treat closed nutrient/food loops as a research program, not the initial product promise.", "sourceDraftCoverage": "Already discussed; current confirmation." }, { "id": "R04", "title": "Transition analysis of flat-foldable origami-inspired deployable shelter concepts", "url": "https://composites.umaine.edu/publication/transition-analysis-of-flat-foldable-origami-inspired-deployable-shelter-concepts/", "doi": "10.1016/j.engstruct.2022.115074", "year": 2022, "type": "peer-reviewed mechanics; author institution abstract", "review": "Institutional abstract inspected; full publisher snippet corroborated; complete methods not reviewed", "maturity": "analytical/CAD research", "finding": "Thick panels add hinge-line and nesting constraints. Erection torque varies through deployment and depends strongly on where actuation loads are applied.", "boundary": "Kinematic models do not certify wind, snow, seals, fatigue, fire behavior, waterproofing or deployment in real weather.", "implication": "Separate expressive folding shell studies from fixed wet/service cores; require swept-volume and actuator-load analysis before promising deployment.", "sourceDraftCoverage": "Additional mechanics evidence." }, { "id": "R05", "title": "Robotic Interface Best Practices and Lessons Learned for Surface Operations", "url": "https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20260001900", "pdf": "https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20260001900/downloads/SP-20260001900_Final.pdf", "year": 2026, "type": "NASA technical guidance", "review": "NTRS record and primary PDF excerpts inspected", "maturity": "design guidance", "finding": "Guidance recommends alignment aids, unique identification, worst-case misalignment verification and connection-success feedback in two dissimilar modalities.", "boundary": "Guidance does not validate any proposed Anyground connector, robot or safety architecture.", "implication": "Module exchange must verify isolation, identification, engagement and actual flow; a successful command or motor torque reading alone is insufficient.", "sourceDraftCoverage": "Already discussed; current confirmation." }, { "id": "R06", "title": "Design of a Modular Mobile Inspection and Maintenance Robot for an Orbital Servicing Hub", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.14059", "doi": "10.48550/arXiv.2507.14059", "year": 2025, "type": "TAROS conference short paper / author preprint", "review": "Author abstract inspected", "maturity": "ongoing prototype development", "finding": "STARFAB MIM combines standard interconnects, cameras, profilometry, thermal sensing and stored maintenance tools; the authors explicitly state implementation/testing remained ongoing.", "boundary": "Not an operational lunar, orbital or domestic autonomous-maintenance product.", "implication": "Design robot-readable and reachable modules now; qualify one supervised service task before pursuing general autonomy.", "sourceDraftCoverage": "Additional adjacent robot-system evidence." }, { "id": "R07", "title": "Thermodynamic limits of atmospheric water harvesting", "url": "https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/mepubs/65/", "doi": "10.1039/D2EE01071B", "year": 2022, "type": "peer-reviewed research; author institution record", "review": "Institutional abstract inspected", "maturity": "theoretical analysis", "finding": "The minimum work for atmospheric-water recovery is strongly humidity dependent and can greatly exceed the seawater-desalination minimum in very dry air.", "boundary": "A thermodynamic limit is neither complete-device electricity nor delivered potable-water performance.", "implication": "Select source water per site; do not make atmospheric extraction a universal prerequisite.", "sourceDraftCoverage": "Additional thermodynamic framing." }, { "id": "R08", "title": "Best Management Practice #14: Alternative Water Sources", "url": "https://www.energy.gov/cmei/femp/best-management-practice-14-alternative-water-sources", "year": null, "type": "DOE/FEMP technical guidance", "review": "Official guidance inspected", "maturity": "commercial technology class; site-dependent", "finding": "Atmospheric recovery output and energy depend on air temperature and humidity; the guidance treats it as one alternative water source.", "boundary": "No universal yield or energy guarantee, especially in cold/dry climates.", "implication": "A Water module qualifies safe delivery and isolation independently of acquisition technology.", "sourceDraftCoverage": "Additional source-selection confirmation." }, { "id": "R09", "title": "Summary of WHO guidance for potable reuse", "url": "https://www.epa.gov/waterreuse/summary-world-health-organizations-water-reuse-guideline-or-regulation-potable-water", "year": null, "type": "EPA technical summary of WHO guidance", "review": "Official page inspected alongside WHO source PDF search extract", "maturity": "established treatment practice; jurisdiction-specific permission", "finding": "Potable reuse safety requires risk management and pathogen-removal treatment barriers, not merely a claimed recovery percentage.", "boundary": "This is technical guidance, not permission or a complete applicable code review for any site.", "implication": "Maintain typed potable, nutrient, condensate and waste circuits, rejection routes, sampling and validated fail-safe diversion.", "sourceDraftCoverage": "Additional water-safety evidence." }, { "id": "R10", "title": "Technical Assistance Supports Microgrids in Remote Communities", "url": "https://www.nlr.gov/news/detail/program/2024/technical-assistance-supports-microgrids-in-remote-communities", "year": 2024, "type": "national laboratory field account", "review": "Full official article inspected", "maturity": "commercial field deployment", "finding": "Hughes, Alaska operates solar and battery resources alongside diesel backup. The article emphasizes controls and community-specific planning, not a single transferable kit.", "boundary": "Summer diesel-off operation does not establish winter fuel independence.", "implication": "Use critical-load survival duration and chronological weather/load modeling; retain explicit backup and service plans.", "sourceDraftCoverage": "Additional operational microgrid evidence." }, { "id": "R11", "title": "Learning from Arctic Microgrids: Cost and Resiliency Projections for Renewable Energy Expansion with Hydrogen and Battery Storage", "url": "https://doi.org/10.3390/su17135996", "repository": "https://www.osti.gov/pages/servlets/purl/2570815", "year": 2025, "type": "peer-reviewed site-based modeling study", "review": "Elicit abstract and DOE OSTI primary-manuscript search extract inspected; publisher fetch 429 and repository open 502, so full text not reviewed", "maturity": "modeling using an existing field system", "finding": "Kotzebue modeling found near-term renewable expansion beneficial but seasonal hydrogen storage unlikely to be practical/cost-effective under its studied assumptions.", "boundary": "Site-specific model, not a universal threshold or a verdict that hydrogen never works.", "implication": "Keep long-duration storage options open but require local techno-economic evidence; avoid hydrogen as a default platform component.", "sourceDraftCoverage": "Additional modeling evidence; restricted verification." }, { "id": "R12", "title": "LUNARK", "url": "https://www.saga.dk/projects/lunark", "year": 2020, "type": "designer-owned project account", "review": "Official project page inspected", "maturity": "full-scale terrestrial analog", "finding": "SAGA describes a rigid-panel origami habitat and a 60-day occupied Greenland expedition with circadian-light design.", "boundary": "Self-reported analog experience is not independent certification, pressure-vessel qualification, closed life support or lunar deployment.", "implication": "Borrow human-factors and packing questions, not claims of space readiness.", "sourceDraftCoverage": "Already discussed; current confirmation." }, { "id": "R13", "title": "Moon Village Architecture Workshop report", "url": "https://moonvillageassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2020-MV-Architecture-Workshop-Report-vF2-02Apr21.pdf", "year": 2021, "type": "association architecture working-group report", "review": "Primary report sections on building blocks/interoperability inspected", "maturity": "conceptual architecture framework", "finding": "The framework treats interoperability across physical, power, data and living systems, and discusses governance and contractual arrangements.", "boundary": "Not a manufacturer, mission authorization or certified modular habitat standard.", "implication": "Include authority, responsibilities, operating rights and interface ownership in the system architecture.", "sourceDraftCoverage": "Already adjacent; expanded governance interpretation." }, { "id": "R14", "title": "Start container farming", "url": "https://grow.freightfarms.com/start-your-farm", "year": null, "type": "manufacturer commercial disclosure", "review": "Official current page inspected 2026-10-29", "maturity": "commercial offer; vendor claims", "finding": "Page advertises $215,000 outright purchase or $3,000/month service route; publishes 151–350 kWh/day and 2–6 tons/year ranges.", "boundary": "Not a binding quote or independently verified simultaneous outputs. Financing/service eligibility, inclusions, installation and crop assumptions require confirmation.", "implication": "Use only a labeled adjacent benchmark; calculate full delivered cost and do not promise cheap self-sufficiency.", "sourceDraftCoverage": "Already cited; commercial figures freshly checked." }, { "id": "R15", "title": "NASA Human Integration Design Handbook / Hardware and Equipment", "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/reference/9-0-hardware-and-equipment-vol-2/", "year": null, "type": "NASA human-system guidance/requirements context", "review": "Official hardware/connector guidance inspected", "maturity": "design guidance", "finding": "The source discusses physical prevention of incorrect installation, connector access and avoiding spills, electrical shocks and stored-energy hazards during mating.", "boundary": "Spaceflight guidance is not automatically the governing terrestrial code or proof of Anyground compliance.", "implication": "Make mechanical keying, access envelopes, energy isolation and manual service first-class requirements.", "sourceDraftCoverage": "Additional human-service evidence." } ] }