Re: Dynamics of an Earth Ring

From: Mike Combs (mikecombs_at_nospam.com_chg_nospam_2_ti)
Date: 10/05/04 

Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 12:19:49 -0500

"Mighty Krell" <nospamohno@despammer.com> wrote in message
news:AYf8d.2598$M05.68@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
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> "Mike Combs" <mikecombs@nospam.com_chg_nospam_2_ti> wrote in message
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> > Unless you establish the kind that breaks waste products down into their
> > constituent elements for re-use.
>
> Ahh, a MAGIC space station.

Not at all. Chemical processes exist to break nearly anything down to, at
the very least, small, simple molecules like water, CO2, etc. We don't
always use them here on Earth because many of them are energy-intensive, and
it's usually cheaper to just dump the waste somewhere and buy new raw
materials. But in a space habitat, raw materials would cost a lot more than
energy. So there's an economic incentive for breaking down all waste
products for re-use.

Look into super-critical combustion chambers for just one possible process. 

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Regards,
Mike Combs
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