starship-design: We need habitats

[kyle <stk@sunherald.infi.net>]

Greetings fellow LIT members.

We need some serious thought on the aspect of habitats. Once we get to
Tau ceti, we
are probably going to want to set up a habitat on the surface of Tceti
I. After
all, why risk a mission, spending hundreds of billions of dollars, to go
to
another star system if we aren't going to set up a colony there. As far
as bio-
-contaminants, well maybe. But think of this: the proteins (if any) are
probably 
different than ours, and thus probably won't have much of an effect on
aliens (us).
If there is a good atmosphere, we could use it to breath by filtering it
before 
pumping it into the colony. The atmosphere seems good: nitrogen, oxygen,
co2, water vapor, etc. But as I said earlier: we NEED ATMOSPHERIC
PRESSURE. If no one is willing
to calculate this (or postulate it), maybe I should. I'd like to go
explore the
newly (1996) discovered planets orbiting 70 vir, 47uma, and rho CrB but
theya are 
40+ ly away. Respond whenever.

			Kyle R. Mcallister