Mirrors versus diffuse reflection

This is not exactly on topic, but could you not have seperate modules
for growing food. Plants are not as exacting about living conditions
as humans are, and small cylinders with a small spin (0.1 g) with
growing conditions tailored to the plant being grown could increase
yeilds and make pest control fairly easy. Also ten or twenty such
small greenhouses floating seperately means that crop failures or
accidents would not destroy the entire food source.

Bill

--- In spacesettlers@y..., Al Globus wrote:
>
> "Dr. Omni" wrote:
> >
> > - For some reason, does vegetal life prefers "hard", "direct"
sunlight
> > instead of a soft indirect glow?
> >
> Depends on the plant. Some like diffuse light, others require
direct
> sunlight.
> I think most food crops prefer direct sunlight.
>
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> The dinosaurs weren't spacefaring. We are. I don't think that's an
> accident.
> Maybe we are life's taxi to the stars. Let's start with space
tourism,