tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post7142968560809231858..comments2024-03-19T07:10:27.303-07:00Comments on Quark Soup by David Appell: The Ministry for the FutureDavid Appellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318269033139447591noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-11378392400810416252021-03-31T06:06:07.723-07:002021-03-31T06:06:07.723-07:00 In this context Biosphere 2 is interesting.
They... In this context Biosphere 2 is interesting.<br /><br />They set out to build a prototype generation ship biosphere and learned a lot.<br /><br />Lesson 1 Do not build your sealed environment out of concrete. It absorbs CO2 which reduces both atmospheric CO2 and atmospheric oxygen.<br /><br />Lesson 2 With experience you can manage and live off a sealed biological environment for extended periods. <br /><br />Lesson 3 Most of the problems will be with the people rather than the technology.<br /><br />https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosphere_2Entropic manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08924031505275303068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-57557492855016706522021-03-29T15:24:53.490-07:002021-03-29T15:24:53.490-07:00Thanks for posting your review, Philip. Nice one.Thanks for posting your review, Philip. Nice one.David Appellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03318269033139447591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-65551213302666203902021-03-29T15:21:37.890-07:002021-03-29T15:21:37.890-07:00Uh, that should be TMOTF.Uh, that should be TMOTF.David Appellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03318269033139447591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-4405693289101191562021-03-29T15:20:46.679-07:002021-03-29T15:20:46.679-07:00It was the same in KS Robinson's book "Au...It was the same in KS Robinson's book "Aurora."<br /><br />Just finished TMOFT:<br />https://davidappell.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-ministry-of-future.htmlDavid Appellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03318269033139447591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-23631692133908616902021-03-29T14:37:47.185-07:002021-03-29T14:37:47.185-07:00Columbus set out with three ships to discover a ro...Columbus set out with three ships to discover a route to the Orient and came back with one.<br /><br />Magellan set out with five ships, of which one returned.<br /><br />Generation ships would be similar. Given the investment, we have the physics and biology to design and build generation ships, but we would probably lose most of the first group of ships while we learned how to keep people alive on them.<br /><br />Entropic manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08924031505275303068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-43987758552865001162021-03-29T03:27:12.468-07:002021-03-29T03:27:12.468-07:00Still haven't worked my way through the Mars T...Still haven't worked my way through the Mars Trilogy. But liked his book on why generation starships could be a bad idea. https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/books/2015/08/02/Aurora-Bad-times-on-a-generational-spaceship-Kim-Stanley-Robinson/stories/201508020039?fbclid=IwAR3RW9ifVEJfCE5wvghKta3AHPWfSnha5G4D7DKagE85GD_mvRbPnwBo-JcPhilip Shropshirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00825030760094743121noreply@blogger.com