Maintaining very small ecosystems

In a message dated 5/30/01 2:47:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, apsmith@...
writes:

<< The other reason for going this way is so we don't have to bring it all
up from Earth. At least in near Earth space, oxygen is likely to be
plentiful (plenty on the Moon) but nitrogen much rarer; adjusting the
atmospheric balance makes a lot of sense as long as it doesn't harm
living things or overly increase fire hazards.

Arthur (apsmith@...
>>

It might make it more difficult for birds and insects to fly. Also if you
hard boil an egg at 1/2 pressure you might get salmanella. A person might
suffer greater injury from falling since the terminal velocity is higher and
things falling from great heights will cause more damage to the things they
fall on top of.

Tom Kalbfus