Talk:Life support system

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A few thoughts on expanding this page.

The term "Life Support System" does not necessarily refer to human life support alone, although this field of science was primarily started by space exploration endeavours. I think a bit of expansion on the history of life support systems in terms of space flight is needed, for example a reference to the Biosphere II project or those in the early years of the Russian space program during the cold war era.

To expand on this, "life support systems", abreviated LSS, ideally refers to any system that can sustain a given group of organisms (not necessarily humans) for a determined period of time or indefinately. LS systems are particularly prevelant in the public aquarium community, where the sustainability of wild caught marine species is primarily based on adequate life support systems designed according to their individual environmental requirements.

"Bioregenerative life support systems" is another particularly interesting area of LSS technology that can be explored further.

D.F. Bailey, Ass. Curator & LSS Specialist, Bayworld Aquarium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa 19:24, 11 October 2006 (UTC)