Plant Nursery In Space?

On Thursday, August 29, 2002, at 11:29 AM, Lucio de Souza Coelho wrote:

> As for cost, a biosphere is probably cheaper [than a mechanical
> system], since it is kind of
> "self-constructing". But what would you buy to light your house: a bulb
> that
> costs one cent but works unpredictably, like a candle in the wind, or a
> bulb
> that costs ten cents but provides a continuous, unchanging, strong light
> 100% of the time?

Mechanical systems fail, and the more complex they are they more they
fail and the harder they are to diagnose and fix.

Space tourism could be our ticket to the stars. Save your pennies,
suborbital flights for $100,000 may start in 2005! See
http://www.spaceadventures.com/suborbital for details.

Al Globus
CSC at NASA Ames Research Center
http://www.nas.nasa.gov/~globus/home.html