Re:Vertical Farming Has Found Its Fatal Flaw
by Ekaros on Saturday December 31, 2022 @06:16PM
(#34201729)
Doesn't ISS generate oxygen from water and water is essentially shipped in? Either as water or as food. In the end methane is vented to space. I wouldn't call system needing pretty major inputs a self-sufficient one.
Re:Vertical Farming Has Found Its Fatal Flaw
by farmaway on Sunday January 01, 2023 @12:48AM
(#34203978)
You are correct:
>4. Sabatier reactor
>Inside this machine, a blast of roughly 750°F heat breaks the bonds inside CO₂, forcing it into its constituent elements. The carbon and oxygen combine with hydrogen from the station’s oxygen generating system to make H₂O and methane (CH₄), the latter of which vents into space.
Re:Vertical Farming Has Found Its Fatal Flaw
by moloch-hai on Sunday January 01, 2023 @03:02AM
(#34204559)
Every last molecule used on ISS is boosted from Earth, and recently. ISS does a bit of recycling to reduce the amount needed. There are exactly zero permanent inhabitants: any would die. They exploit no in-situ resource, except sunshine using frequently-replaced solar panels.
The word colony in the sense of space exploration and other extreme habitats means permanent occupation and exploitation of the resources there.