Spinning, Whales

From: Al Globus [mailto:aglobus@...]

> In spite of an idiotic post I sent where I forgot that whales need to
> breath air, I rather like the whale friendly space colony discussion.
> I think it might happen someday (a long time from now). When there are
> thousands of orbital colonies, and they get cheap to make, a group of
> whale lovers could conceivably build a colony specifically designed for
> whales -- although food supply is an enormous problem for reasonable
> sized colonies.

All one would have to do is ensure the right amounts of CO2 were available,
add self-reproducing plankton to the artificial ocean, let in sunlight, and
problem solved.

One might need to discuss sending up frozen whale embryos, and arranging
some kind of in-vitro gestation and birth, as sending an adult whale up into
space (Mr. Scott's miracles notwithstanding) might be problematic.

Regards,

Mike Combs