Thoughts on the station's biosystem

On Jul 3, 2005, at 9:03 AM, jwsmith42000@... wrote:

> I think that Felicia's idea is the most appropriate. You would still
> have to
> have massive air moving equipment but not as much. Transportation, even
> walking between the different sections would not require as much
> energy. Energy is
> always a major concern.
>

Most of the energy is simply needed to grow the crops. If you use
artificial light, about 50 Kw continuous per person.

Space tourism could be our ticket to the stars. Save your pennies,
suborbital flights for about $200,000 may start in a few years. See
www.virgingalactic.com for details.

Al Globus
Evolvable Systems Group (http://ic.arc.nasa.gov/projects/esg)
CSC at NASA Ames Research Center
http://www.nas.nasa.gov/~globus/home.html

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