Question about production numbers

On 6/14/05, Combs, Mike wrote:
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> Yeah, I'd say that's a sure bet for early experimentation. But here's a
> good example of the flexibility of the O'Neill approach. If the reality
> should turn out the opposite, and lower gravities result in lowered
> life-spans while 1.5 or 2 G's turns out to extend them, we can have that
> too in a rotating orbital settlement.

I think the evidence points towards longer lives at higher g's in fact, and
lower at reduced g-forces.

Then there's the 'great mambo chicken' effect- if you grow chickens in high
g's they end up with massive drumsticks! So I think that some high g in
settlements is essential, just for great chicken! And chickens are easy to
keep, and easy to ship up...

Mike Combs
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