From: snidelyd@netscape.com   
      
   Allen Thomson  wrote:   
      
   [...]   
   > Equally intresting would be to know about the technology   
   > for life support systems that would reasonably reliably   
   > sustain a half-dozen people for two or more years in   
   > space without help from Earth.   
   >   
      
   Which leads me down the path to wondering about life support in large   
   "cycler hotels"; it is easy to imagine that such a venue would have more   
   repair resources than a small station (ISS, for example).  More tools, a   
   machine shop (wonder what a 0g machine shop would look like!), spare   
   parts, etc.   
      
   But on the flip side, it isn't clear yet that all the ELCS could be scaled   
   up for a larger venue; would you need to have 15 Elektron units for a 50   
   person hotel?  Or could you do it with 2 or 3 units (enough overcapacity   
   that if one unit is offline, the other could cover for a reasonable repair   
   period)?   
      
   /dps   
      
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