> The asteroid mass needed to support one astronaut for one year is between 160 ...

		fenollp on Nov 26, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We can mine asteroids for space food > The asteroid mass needed to support one astronaut for one year is between 160 000 metric tons and 5000 metric tons. Even these orders of magnitude are correct, this is still 14t-438t of material to process /per day/ just for one person.

Eating like an elephant, I see