![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() At a very basic level, solid waste processing need not be terribly complicated. A spacecraft is a closed system so (roughly speaking) the quantity of food you bring for the journey is going to be processed into an equivalent mass of waste by journey’s end. Unless there’s a pressing need to reduce spacecraft mass in-flight, any solid waste could simply be stored. Holding tanks are a thing and they would deal with unpredictable inputs.Ģ. That is the cheapest, easiest but pollutive way to go LOL.ġ. Unless you are literally just chucking a trail of excrement asteroids behind you instead of recycling it LOL. also likely to need more regular maintenence. Somehow I really doubt it wise to leave poo management systems up to idiotic AI when poo levels are more random than rocket engine firings. I reckon much of that crew would be life support maintenance and waste water treatment. This is not an option for an long duration torch ship but yes it will be standard for an orbital shuttle. Obviously spaceships will be much more automated than ships but airplanes are not an good example as aircraft's require lots of maintenance but its done between flights. The same will be true for an spaceship unless you had the passengers hibernating who is plausible, plenty of mammals does this.Īn science mission or an warship will also have an larger crew than an freighter as their purpose is not only to go from A to B. I agree, now Titanic had an extra large crew because the passengers, cruise ships today has an large crew for the same reasons. ![]()
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