Habitat Contamination - Warning: Rambling Ahead! Forum: Spacesettlers
Thread: Habitat Contamination - Warning: Rambling Ahead!
# 3672 byrmenich@... on Dec. 17, 2002, 9:57 p.m.
Member since 2021-10-03
The recent wave of infections experienced on cruise ships picques my
interest in this topic... Is that recent news item what started this
thread originally?
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"Ed Minchau "
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Subject: [spacesettlers] Re: Habitat Contamination - Warning: Rambling Ahead!
Hi everyone,
There is a larger point being missed here. In a large orbital
colony, there would be an entire ecosystem. Humans, fish, animals,
chickens (heyyyy...could chickens fly at 1/2 gee?), a wide variety of
plants, bees, perhaps even houseflies. Hopefully no rats.
I don't think it will be possible to keep the common cold out of a
space colony, at least not by disinfection/isolation. At best, that
would catch anyone with a serious, fast-acting disease like ebola.
Such a quarantine is probably best observed on a vessel travelling
from LEO to the colony.
:) ed