Japanese indoor farm

For "fungi, viruses, insects, bacteria, rodents", we might stand a better chance trying to block them at the entrance to the overall habitat than at the interfaces between the living and agricultural areas. As for "seeds, pollen", I suppose we should try to prevent them from emerging from the ag areas where possible (allergy sufferers would probably vote for that). But such may not prove practical. As you say, there will probably be "oopses" even between separate habitats.

Within a single habitat, I don't know that we'll ever be able to completely isolate the living areas from the ag areas. Workers, produce, and waste product will be constantly crossing that barrier.

Regards,
Mike Combs

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You have to be a bit careful; you don't want to permit anything nasty getting from the living space into the life support; fungi, viruses, insects, bacteria, rodents, seeds, pollen really nothing should go between the two.

It's easy to think that the living space will be antiseptic, but it really won't. Provided people go between habitats, they can easily carry unwanted passengers around.
CO2 can be dissolved in water, and pumped around like that. You'll probably want to momentarily heat the gas up to well over 100C to sterilise it in between.

On 11 September 2014 14:26, 'Combs, Mike' mikecombs@... [spacesettlers] > wrote:

I think if we just assure good, continuous airflow between the two section, we're good.

For "
fungi, viruses, insects, bacteria, rodents
", we might stand a better chance trying to block them at the entrance to the overall habitat than at the interfaces between the living and agricultural areas. As for "
seeds, pollen
", I suppose we should try to prevent them from emerging from the ag areas where possible (allergy sufferers would probably vote for that). But such may not prove practical. As you say, there will probably be "oopses" even between separate habitats.

Within a single habitat, I don't know that we'll ever be able to completely isolate the living areas from the ag areas. Workers, produce, and waste product will be constantly crossing that barrier.

Regards,
Mike Combs

From:
spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com [mailto:spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com]
Sent:
Friday, September 12, 2014 10:04 AM
To:
spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com
Subject:
Re: [spacesettlers] Re: Japanese indoor farm

You have to be a bit careful; you don't want to permit anything nasty getting from the living space into the life support; fungi, viruses, insects, bacteria, rodents, seeds, pollen really nothing should go between the two.
It's easy to think that the living space will be antiseptic, but it really won't. Provided people go between habitats, they can easily carry unwanted passengers around.
CO2 can be dissolved in water, and pumped around like that. You'll probably want to momentarily heat the gas up to well over 100C to sterilise it in between.

On 11 September 2014 14:26, 'Combs, Mike'
mikecombs@ti.com
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spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com
> wrote:

I think if we just assure good, continuous airflow between the two section, we're good.