Biospheres, Controlled Ecosystems, and Life Support Systems

Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS)

Note that different groups within NASA use CELSS and ECLSS. Question is, do they mean the same thing? I get the sense that ECLSS is used for the brute force approach currently used, whereas CELSS is used for the more agricultural approach.

• ECLS and Human Space Flight

Life Support Technology

• Mars Academy - Life Support Systems
• JSC Advanced Life Support Program
• Astrobiology Life Sciences Hardware