10.6 *3) Effects of Radiation: What are the radiation types, spectra, and intensities at the proposed colony locations? How do solar flares alter this radiation? What are the effects of different types and thicknesses of shielding? What are the physiological effects of the resultant radiation? What are the acceptable doses? 4) Effects of Atmospheric Composition and Pressure: What are the long-term effects of other-than-Earth-normal breathing mixtures and pressures, specifically replacing nitrogen with other inert gases? If there are adaptation periods to such mixtures and pressures, how long are they? 5) Acoustics: What are the expected frequencies and intensities of sound in space colonies? What are acceptable doses for lifetime exposure? x.2.3: Ecology: *1) Toxic Substances and Their Removal: What toxic substances appear in colony cycles, and in what concentrations? What techniques, equipment, manpower, .and exotic materials are required to remove them? 2) Food Production: What alternatives to crop raising could replace part or all of the agricultural diet? Are these desirable? What are the effects of rotation, lower gravity, and radiation on the growth of plants? 3) Closing the Food Cycle: What machinery (garbage converters, sewage recyclers) are required to reuse a colony's waste products? If the food cycle is not completely closed, what are its waste products, and how are they replaced? 4) Water Balance: What equipment is required to control and complete the water cycle in colonies? 5) Carbon Dioxide Balance: If the agricultural areas are insufficient to remove co 2 from the air, what equipment is required to scrub a colony's atmosphere? 6) Airflow Patterns: What are the airflow patterns in space colony designs? How stable are they? Do they help or hinder air circulation necessary to the removal of CO 2 , toxic gases, and moisture?
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