Feeding humans on the Moon and on Mars

Interesting!

Agriculture is going to be the Achilles heel, whether we are talking of
human habitation in space or sustainable human presence on planet Earth.
The normal design principle is to tackle the difficult aspects of a problem
first. (Unfortunately there is no Nobel Prize in Agriculture??).

Biosphere 2 was an adventurous experiment in this direction (borrowing
perhaps from the permaculture movement).

Regards,
Selvaraj

On 22 October 2015 at 15:35, donray40@... [spacesettlers] <
spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

>
> Have a look at,
> Green Antarctica: Station greenhouses produce fresh food, feel-good
> environments
> Green Antarctica: Station greenhouses produce fresh food, feel-good
> environments
> Green Antarctica: Station greenhouses produce fresh food, feel-good
> environments - SpaceRef
> View on www.spaceref.com
>
> Preview by Yahoo
>
> It is my opinion that, in any serious colonization effort, agricultural
> habs must be given first priority, then start building apartments or what
> have you. In an energy rich environment it should not be difficult to
> reach high efficiencies. A lot of things that come from petroleum sources
> can also be manufactured from bio-oils,
>
> epoxies etc.
>
> Regards
>
> Don
>

Agriculture is going to be the Achilles heel, whether we are talking of human habitation in space or sustainable human presence on planet Earth. The normal design principle is to tackle the difficult aspects of a problem first. (Unfortunately there is no Nobel Prize in Agriculture??).
Biosphere 2 was an adventurous experiment in this direction (borrowing perhaps from the permaculture movement).
Regards,
Selvaraj
On 22 October 2015 at 15:35,
donray40@...
[spacesettlers]
<
spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com
>

Have a look at,
Green Antarctica: Station greenhouses produce fresh food, feel-good environments
Green Antarctica: Station greenhouses produce fresh food, feel-good environments
Green Antarctica: Station greenhouses produce fresh food, feel-good environments - SpaceRef
View on
www.spaceref.com
Preview by Yahoo
It is my opinion that, in any serious colonization effort, agricultural habs must be given first priority, then start building apartments or what have you. In an energy rich environment it should not be difficult to reach high efficiencies. A lot of things that come from petroleum sources can also be manufactured from bio-oils,
epoxies etc.
Regards
Don