Artificial Biospheres In Space

--- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, "Combs, Mike"
> From: Ed Minchau [mailto:spider_boris@y...]
>
> > So to do a better Biosphere test, one must try a facility that
does
> > not receive direct sunlight, and grow everything under electric
> > lights. Not only does the crew get a feel for living in a
> > windowless environment in close quarters, you also get a better
idea
> > of the amount of electricity that would be needed, and can then
> > figure out how much solar power you need to collect every month.
>
> SSI sponsored some research indicating that to sustain a crew of 4
with food
> grown under artificial lighting, the electric bill would be forty
million
> dollars a month.
>
> Have a billion or so laying around you don't need? :)
>
> I think O'Neill was correct in suggesting that we'll want to move to
> agriculture under redirected sunlight at as early a point as
>possible.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike Combs

That why the moon is terrable for settlement: you cannot grow food
there (maybe at the poles...), because of the radition and month long
sol.

Mars is ten times better than the moon and space settlement (or space
habitat or whatever) better so.