Re: Re: Re: starship-design: One way (again...)

[Kelly St <KellySt@aol.com>]

In a message dated 12/11/97 8:59:42 AM, kuo@bit.csc.lsu.edu wrote:

>>Materials inspace are FAR more avalible, and orders of magnitude higher in
>>purity.  Stainless steel for example can be mined in almost finished alloy
>>form, oil and petrochemicals can be scooped up by the montain load etc.
>
>In order to build a habitat, you have a lot more diverse resources
>than just something to build a big tin can.  A place to live can
>be built out of rock, or cement.  The primary other things you need
>to live are oxygen and hydrogen.  On some planets this is a problem,
>but on others it isn't.

Water ice and other gas mixtures are also ver common in asteroids and comet
cores.