Re: Propulsion and rot, was Re: Orbit calculations

From: Michael M. Butler (butler@comp-lib.org)
Date: Sat Mar 10 2001 - 00:41:13 MST


Spike said:
> The plaque is inside

Spike, I might have been misinformed. Mir's mildewy interior is well
known.
I dug for URLs and couldn't find any report of the stuff growing
outside. Sorry.

> Also Anders was looking at travelling to
> asteroids, so atomic oxygen would not be an issue.

Unclear. I'm not sure how quickly overboard O2 gets radicalized. But the
point I was trying to make is now in the "moot point" region.

> The boredom factor is one I have been considering
> for some time however, especially because of my
> wacky notions that the first colonist may be going
> alone. We need some kind of really advanced VR
> to keep her lonely mind engaged and entertained. spike

Keep her from going overbored, eh?

MMB



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