How does bamboo do in regards to making biofuel, bioplastics etc? Including how much of its biomass can be turned into a useful product on Mars. The more versatile the crop, the better.
I think to grow strong wood you also need wind from time to time.
Quote from: Aussie_Space_Nut on 01/28/2017 12:07 amI think to grow strong wood you also need wind from time to time.You could stimulate the bending action with a horizontal lath work moving side to side.
When thinking about underground habitats, I always imagined that they would be slightly sloped, so each cavern could have a stream running through it. With Bamboo, it will look even cooler.
I always see pictures of habitats as barren places full of computers and little else, but I would expect nearly every spare inch to be covered with some kind of useful plant life.
QuoteI always see pictures of habitats as barren places full of computers and little else, but I would expect nearly every spare inch to be covered with some kind of useful plant life.Perhaps I'm missing something, but you mean, inside living quarters? Houseplants, sure you could, but do you have any sense of how much light it takes to grow something actually useful? And also how fast humidity (aka transpiration) accumulates when you pack a sealed living space full of plants, and what it does to all of those aforementioned computers?(I grow crop plants indoors under artificial light. If I fully seal the growth tent and shut off all ventilation, it literally rains in there)