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1The Noosphere
   1.1General Guidelines
      1.1-001The Three Laws of Orbital Habitats
      1.1-002Technical Safety Margins
      1.1-003Biological Safety Margins
      1.1-004The Quantity of Reserves of Each Essential Lifesupport Component
      1.1-005Minimizing the Goodharts Law Effect
      1.1-006Leverage Points
   1.2Self Reproduction
      1.2-001Enabling an Orbital Habitat to Reproduce Itself
2The Technosphere
   2.1Orbital Habitat Basic Forms
      2.1.1Toroidal
         2.1.1.1Stanford Torus
            2.1.1.1-001The Pros and Cons of a Stanford Torus Design
      2.1.2Cylindrical
         2.1.2.1O'Neil Cylinder
            2.1.2.1-001The Basic Design of the O'Neil Cylinder
         2.1.2.2Kalpana One
            2.1.2.2-001The basic design of the Kalpana One Orbital Habitat
         2.1.2.3McKendree Cylinder
            2.1.2.3-001Basic Information on the McKendree Cylinder
         2.1.2.4Lewis One
            2.1.2.4-001The basic design of the Lewis One Orbital Habitat
         2.1.2.5Spherical vs Flat Endcaps
      2.1.3Spherical
         2.1.3.1Bernal Sphere
            2.1.3.1-001The Basic Design of a Bernal Sphere
      2.1.4Non-Rotating
         2.1.4-001The Arguments For and Against Rotating an Orbital Habitat
      2.1.5Asteroidal
         2.1.5-001Rotational Considerations for an Asteroidal Based Orbital Habitat
   2.2Structural Considerations
      2.2.1Centripetal Force
         2.2.1-001Design Tradeoffs when using Centripetal Force as a Pseudo Gravity
         2.2.1-002Maximum Tolerable Rotation Rates - Human
         2.2.1-003The Maximum Tolerable Rotation - Plants
         2.2.1-004The Maximum Tolerable Rotation - Insects
         2.2.1-005The Maximum Tolerable Rotation - Aquatic Life
         2.2.1-006The Maximum Tolerable Rotation - Avian
      2.2.2Closure Considerations
         2.2.2-001Atmospheric Closure Testing
         2.2.2-002Atmospheric Leakage Sources
   2.3Life Support Considerations
      2.3.1Atmosphere
         2.3.1-001Excess Atmospheric Oxygen Removal
         2.3.1-002Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Management
         2.3.1-003Excess Atmospheric NOx Removal
         2.3.1-004Atmospheric Toxin Removal
         2.3.1-005Dead Air
         2.3.1-006Baseline Air Pressure
         2.3.1-007Dust Removal and Cleansing
      2.3.2Soil
         2.3.2-001Handling Soil Erosion
         2.3.2-002Removing Toxins from Soil
      2.3.3Water
         2.3.3-001Making it Rain
         2.3.3-002The Necessity of Water Collection
         2.3.3-003Removing Toxins from Water
         2.3.3-004Humidity Control
         2.3.3-005Water Buffers
         2.3.3-006Continual Water Movement
         2.3.3-007Nutrient Level Adjustments
         2.3.3-008Salinity Control
      2.3.4Dead Air
      2.3.5Waste Disposal
         2.3.5-001Human Sewage Processing
         2.3.5-002Solid Waste Disposal Effect on Atmosphere Management
   2.4Heat and Temperature Regulation
      2.4-001Temperature Buffers
      2.4-002Inducing the Day and Night Temperature Changes in a Biome
      2.4-003The Criteria Used to Size the Radiative Heat Dispersing Panels on an Orbital Habitat
      2.4-004The Choice of Cooling Fluid in Heat Dispersal Radiators
      2.4-005Sizing the Heaters in the Radiative Cooling System
      2.4-006The Design of a Passive Thermal Control System
      2.4-007Collecting Waste Heat for Dispersal
   2.5Radiation Protection
      2.5-001Shielding Against Ionising Radiation
      2.5-002Biome Design for Additional Radiation Protection for Human Inhabitants
      2.5-003The Effect of the Conformation of Radiation Shielding on its Protective Effect
   2.6Orbital Control, Attitude Control and Positioning
      2.6.1Rotation Control
         2.6.1-001Adjusting the Rotation Rate of an Orbital Habitat
         2.6.1-002Tuning the rotational axis of an Orbital Habitat
         2.6.1-003Monitoring the Rotation Rate of an Orbital Habitat
         2.6.1-004Monitoring the Rotational Axis of an Orbital Habitat
         2.6.1-005Adjusting the Rotational Attitude of an Orbital Habitat
      2.6.2The Rotational Stability Problem
         2.6.2-001Mechanisms to Improve Rotational Stability
      2.6.3Orbital Rotational Orientation
         2.6.3-001The Orbital Rotational Orientation of Various Orbital Habitat Designs
   2.7Light and Energy Considerations
      2.7-001Sizing the number of Solar Panels in an Orbital Habitat
      2.7-002Methods and of Providing Light to a Biome
      2.7-003The Choice of Artificial vs Natural Light
      2.7-004Sources of Natural Light Loss
      2.7-005Electrical Systems
      2.7-006Providing a Photoperiod-Darkperiod Cycle
   2.8Monitoring and Observing
      2.8-001The Atmospheric Quantities and Qualities which Require Monitoring
      2.8-002The Soil Quantities and Qualities which Require Monitoring and Measurement
      2.8-003The Water Quantities and Qualities which Need to be Measured
      2.8-004Systemic Redunancy
   2.9Atmospheric Regulation
      2.9-001Maintenance of Internal Pressure Due to Temperature Fluctuations
   2.10Extra Vehicular Activities
      2.10-001The Quantity and Size of the Airlocks in an Orbital Habitat
      2.10-002The Percentage of Space suits Per Person in an Orbital Habitat
      2.10-003Methods and Mechanisms for the Use of Robots on the External Hull
   2.11Safety
      2.11-001Fire Safety in a Biome
      2.11-002Insulation above Technolith to Provide Fire Safety for the Compartments Below
      2.11-003The Oven Effect for Biome Fires
      2.11-004The Behaviour of Convected Heat behave in a Pgravity Environment
      2.11-005Lifeboat Calculations for an Orbital Habitat
      2.11-006Deliberately Exposing a Biome or Orbital Habitat Section to a Vacuum
3The Biosphere
   3.1Biome Design
      3.1.1Biome Considerations
         3.1.1-001Choosing the Size and Number of Biomes in an Orbital Habitat
         3.1.1-002Biome Size vs Quantity Tradeoffs
         3.1.1-003Mixed Agricultural and Amentity Biomes
         3.1.1-004Determining the Number of Different Biomes in a CELSS
         3.1.1-005Biome Nutrient Cycle Stability
         3.1.1-006The Relationshsip Between the Size of a Biome and the Stability of its Ecosystem
         3.1.1-007The Ecological Stability of Biomes with Water Bodies
      3.1.2Biome Types
         3.1.2.1Agricultural Biomes
            3.1.2.1-001Hydroponics Vs Soil Tradeoffs in an Agricultural Biome
         3.1.2.3Aqueous Biomes
            3.1.2.3-001Would an purely aqueous biome be useful as a baseline oxygen regeneration system
            3.1.2.3-002Algae as an Oxygen Regeneration Source
         3.1.2.4Amenity Biomes
            3.1.2.4-001Forest Garden Biomes as a hybrid agricultural/amenity biome
            3.1.2.4-002Calculating the Atmospheric Regeneration Potential of a Parkland/Prairie Biome
      3.1.3Biome Components
         3.1.3.1Atmosphere
            3.1.3.1-001Alternate Viable Atmospheric Contents and Proportions
            3.1.3.1-002Methods of Simple Oxygen Regeneration via Biological Sources
            3.1.3.1-003Monitoring Atmospheric Components
         3.1.3.2Soil
            3.1.3.2-001The Purpose of Soil in an Orbital Habitat
            3.1.3.2-002Creating Viable Soil from Non-Terrestrial Regiolith
            3.1.3.2-003The Control of the Introduction of Soil Microbial Species
         3.1.3.3Water
            3.1.3.3-001Controlling the Salinity of Aqueous Ecosystems
            3.1.3.3-002Controlling the Salt Content of Soil Based Habitats
            3.1.3.3-003Controlling Ammonia Levels
   3.2Species for Biomes
      3.2.1Agricultural Plant Species
         3.2.1-001Wheat
         3.2.1-002Sweet Potato
         3.2.1-003Yellow Mealworm (Tenebrio Molitor L.)
         3.2.1-004Chlorella
         3.2.1-005Azolla
         3.2.1-006Canna
         3.2.1-007Water Hyacinth
         3.2.1-008Water Spinach
         3.2.1-009Duckweed
         3.2.1-010Water Lettuce
         3.2.1-011Common Reed
         3.2.1-012Broadleaf Arrowhead
         3.2.1-013Giant Arrowhead
         3.2.1-014Giant Bullrush
         3.2.1-015Giant Duckweed
         3.2.1-016Water Meal
         3.2.1-017Rice
      3.2.2Human Species
         3.2.2-001Basic Human Life Support Requirements
      3.2.3Agricultural Animal Species
         3.2.3-001Tilapia
   3.5Booting a Biome
      3.5-001The use of Complexity when Creating a Biome
      3.5-002Metrics Monitored when Starting a Biome
   3.6Managing Biomes
      3.6.1Energy Flow
         3.6.1-002Throttling a Biome
         3.6.1-003Regulating Heat in a Biome
      3.6.2Cycles and Dynamics
         3.6.2-001Returning Nutrients to the Soil After they Leach out into Water Bodies
         3.6.2-003The Sequestration of Inedible Biomass
      3.6.3Measurement and Control
         3.6.3-001Quantifying the Output of Biological Based Life Support Systems
4Appendices
   4.1Notable Closed Biosphere Experiments
      4.1-001MELiSSA
      4.1-002NASA Biomass Production Chamber (BPC)
      4.1-003BIOS-3
      4.1-004Biosphere 2
      4.1-005C.E.B.A.S Aquarack
      4.1-006AQUACELLS
      4.1-007OMEGAHAB
      4.1-008Eu:CROPIS
      4.1-009USSR Institute for Biomedical Problems (IBMP) Early Research
      4.1-010BIOS-2 & BIOS-1
      4.1-011LMLSTP - Lunar-Mars Life Support Test Project
      4.1-012NASA Habitat Demonstration Unit - Deep Space Habitat
      4.1-013CAB (Controllo Ambientale Biorigenerativo)
      4.1-014CEEF (Closed Ecology Experiment Facilities)
      4.1-015Lunar Palace
      4.1-016SPACEnter Shenzhen Space Science and Technology Institute
      4.1-017China Astronaut Research and Training Center BLSS
      4.1-018Biosphere 2 Test Module
   4.2Nomenclature
      4.2-001An Orbital Habitat Specific Glossary
   4.3Hard Numbers
      4.3.1Numbers related to Water