Gradually settling a space colony

> From: danj_caslaw [mailto:danj_caslaw@...]

> Is it necessary to fill space habitats to capacity?

> I realise that the thinking may be more along the lines of, 'fill it
> up and then build another one', but would it be comfortable doing it
> that way, in terms of stress on air recycling systems, sewage
> management systems, and such?

The problem is that the humans are the air-recycling system for the plants. If you wanted a wild-life park (with lots of animals) or a concrete city (with few plants) then yes you could, but the ammounts of raw bio-mass is governed by strict equations, and cannot be fiddled with too much.

ANTIcarrot.