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Line 24: '''Kai Kruse Staats''' is a filmmaker, science researcher, writer, and entrepreneur. At the Arizona State University School of Earth & Space Exploration, ▲At the Arizona State University School of Earth & Space Exploration, Staats contributed to the design of off-world human habitats as project lead for an Interplanetary Initiative Pilot Project (2017–19).<ref name="SIMOC">{{Cite web|url=https://interplanetary.asu.edu/project/simoc-isolated-world-human-community|title=What balance of mechanical and biological systems will be required to sustain human life in a growing, off-world habitat? {{!}} Interplanetary Initiative|website=interplanetary.asu.edu|access-date=2019-01-23}}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=SIMOC Interplanetary Initiative ASU|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EkNeuSpypc|language=en|access-date=2019-10-23}}</ref>He oversaw the creation of SIMOC at [[Arizona State University]], a research-grade computer simulation and instructional interface to a Mars habitat that is hosted by [[National Geographic]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=ASU Interplanetary Initiative - SIMOC Pilot Project |url=https://overthesun.com/asu-interplanetary-initiative-simoc-pilot-project/ |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=Over the Sun |language=en-US}}</ref> Staats is Principal Manager at Over the Sun, LLC, developer of platforms for research and science education. His last film series, funded in part by the [[Nsf.gov|NSF]], chronicled the first direct detection of [[gravitational wave]]s in 2015 by [[LIGO]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ligo.org/multimedia.php|title=LIGO, A Passion for Understanding|website=LIGO Multimedia Library}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ligo.org/multimedia.php|title=LIGO Generations|website=LIGO Multimedia Library}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.newscientist.com/round-up/ligodetection/|title=LIGO Detection|website=New Scientist|access-date=2019-01-18}}</ref> where he served as a visiting scientist.<ref name="VISCI">{{cite web|url=https://roster.ligo.org/roster.php?do=roster&search=name&target=staats|title=LIGO Scientific Collaboration Directory|website=roster.ligo.org|accessdate=26 January 2019}}</ref> Line 43 ⟶ 42: Staats was a visiting scientist at Northwestern University for the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) on the application of machine learning in detector characterization, noise mitigation, and transient (supernova) detection from late 2016 through mid 2020.<ref name="VISCI" /> At the [[University of Arizona]], Biosphere 2, He and his colleagues developed [[Space Analog for the Moon and Mars|SAM]],a terrestrial analog site, as a working prototype for a fully contained system that could be used to educate future space-dwelling humanity.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chandler |first=David |title=Martian base on Earth set to host first ‘astronauts’ |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/2369967-martian-base-on-earth-set-to-host-first-astronauts/ |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=New Scientist |language=en-US}}</ref> Testing the viability of mechanical and plant-based life support, investigating the [[microbiome]] of a sealed environment, learning how to maintain food crops in a sealed greenhouse, practicing tool handling during extra-vehicular activities in a full pressure suit, developing a high-fidelity computer model to aid in the design of future habitats, and many other tasks are necessary to get ready for life in space. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-04 |title=Becoming a multiplanetary species: Crew completes first mission in pressurized habitat at Biosphere 2 |url=https://news.arizona.edu/story/becoming-multiplanetary-species-crew-completes-first-mission-pressurized-habitat-biosphere-2 |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=University of Arizona News |language=en}}</ref> ==Filmography== | |||