As many of you may well know already, I want to build myself a bunker. Not because I'm a post-apocolypic hoolagin, but for the sake of research into closed biospheres.
This bunker would have to be entirely sealed from the outside, likely with air-locks or hybrid air/water locks. It would have to fully recycle its air, water and organics to sustain life for a prolonged period (like 5 years would be a good initial target -- 100 years would be better...). It would also require a clean sustainable energy source.
The initial tests would be done in a lab-like facility where the bunker was just a sealed off portion of the building. Think of a warehouse with a bunker set up in the middle and monitoring equipment around it.
Next would be a test in a secured remote location. The reason for testing in this fashion would be to prove the sustainability of such a facility for long periods of time isolated from existing civilisation. It could potentially be built into some bedrock and after testing, could be sold off to some zealot who thinks that the world will be ending 'next week'.
After this is case proven, some re-engineering would happen to make it smaller, more lightweight, radiation resistant, etc. At this point it would be marketable to a few organisations for experimentation, and actual use as a bunker. The US government would like this, I'm quite certain. Other governments would also buy into it, as a defensive storehouse for people in the event of a near catastrophe.
I might have spun that side of the business off by then, so I could concentrate on the real byproduct that concerns me. I would modify the designs for low-G support, and even reshape it into a form that could be sent rotating in space.
This is my life's goal (and has been for a while now). It starts with getting my Engineering degree starting September.
Anyway, good day to you all. I'm just pondering away again... How to ensure that all the eggs aren't in one basket...
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