Article Images Life support pilot plant paves the way to Moon and beyond   Officials visit the facility during the inauguration of the second generation MELiSSA pilot plant at the University Autònoma of Barcelona, Spain, on 4 June 2009.   A view inside the MELiSSA pilot plant at the University Autònoma of Barcelona. The facility was inaugurated on 4 June 2009 by the Spanish Minister for Science and Innovation Cristina Garmendia, ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain and UAB Rector Ana Ripoll.   Inauguration of the second generation MELiSSA pilot plant at the University Autònoma of Barcelona, Spain, on 4 June 2009. Left to right: UAB Rector Ana Ripoll, Spanish Minister for Science and Innovation Cristina Garmendia and ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain.   A view inside the MELiSSA pilot plant at the University Autònoma of Barcelona. The facility was inaugurated on 4 June 2009 by the Spanish Minister for Science and Innovation Cristina Garmendia, ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain and UAB Rector Ana Ripoll.   Spanish Minister for Science and Innovation Cristina Garmendia at the inauguration of the second generation MELiSSA pilot plant at the University Autònoma of Barcelona, Spain, on 4 June 2009. Release date: 14 September 2009