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From: fcrary@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Frank Crary)
Subject: Re: Human Habitale Planets?
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In article <1993May1.042810.1@aurora.alaska.edu> nsmca@aurora.alaska.edu writes:
>Habital planets are also dependent on what kind of plant life can be grown..
>and such.. Length of growing season (that is if you want something more than
>VAT food, argh, Id ratehr eat an MRE for  along period of time).

Using greenhouses to extend the growing season shouldn't be a problem.
I'm supprised they don't do so in Alaska (cheaper to import, perhaps?)

>Incans and Sherpa and other low pressure atmosphere and such are a limit in
>human adaptability(someone mentioend that Incan woman must come to lower
>elevations to have babies brought to term? true?)

No, the Incas had no problems with this, but the Spanish did.

                                         Frank Crary
                                         CU Boulder
