NASA SP-413 Space Settlements - Saint Ann's School
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<strong>NASA</strong> <strong>SP</strong>-<strong>413</strong> — <strong>SP</strong>ACE SETTLEMENTS — A Design Study<br />
TABLE 5-19 — CONTINUED<br />
D. Mass balance on animal harvesting F.1. Animal food requirements<br />
In<br />
Meat and produce<br />
Out<br />
To nonhuman<br />
To food processing<br />
In<br />
Fish<br />
Beef<br />
Chicken<br />
Rabbit<br />
Milk<br />
Out<br />
Meal<br />
H 2 O<br />
Total C H O N<br />
1168<br />
444<br />
724<br />
138<br />
54<br />
84<br />
126<br />
49<br />
77<br />
890<br />
334<br />
556<br />
Based on: 33% of milk to nonhuman food processing<br />
Efficiencies of meat harvest (dressed/animal)<br />
fish 35%<br />
steers 55%<br />
rabbits 65%<br />
chickens 60%<br />
E. Mass balance on nonhuman food processing — Animal<br />
In<br />
H 2 O<br />
Nonhuman veg<br />
Meal<br />
O 2<br />
Out<br />
H 2 O<br />
CO 2<br />
Meat, milk, eggs<br />
Waste<br />
14<br />
7<br />
7<br />
Total C H O N<br />
93<br />
41<br />
33<br />
27<br />
250<br />
118<br />
326<br />
18<br />
13<br />
4<br />
3<br />
16<br />
54<br />
Based on: Animal meal has 15% moisture.<br />
Beef steer<br />
Roasting chicken<br />
Rabbits<br />
Dairy cow<br />
Laying hen<br />
Fish<br />
Total<br />
Animal meal<br />
Roasting chicken<br />
Fish<br />
Total<br />
10<br />
5<br />
4<br />
3<br />
27<br />
13<br />
36<br />
F. Mass balance on animals<br />
62<br />
22<br />
24<br />
20<br />
206<br />
44<br />
290<br />
3<br />
1<br />
1<br />
1<br />
1<br />
Total C H O N<br />
3853<br />
1470<br />
118<br />
747<br />
1494<br />
939<br />
1168<br />
2587<br />
575<br />
54<br />
254<br />
138<br />
237<br />
Summary<br />
37<br />
81<br />
118<br />
17<br />
37<br />
54<br />
424<br />
121<br />
13<br />
164<br />
126<br />
268<br />
4<br />
9<br />
13<br />
3429<br />
736<br />
44<br />
747<br />
1330<br />
685<br />
890<br />
2051<br />
13<br />
31<br />
44<br />
7<br />
38<br />
7<br />
14<br />
31<br />
Plant matter Total C H O N<br />
500 187 40 263 10<br />
150 67 13 62 8<br />
220 89 19 105 7<br />
450 167 36 240 7<br />
50 20 4 25 1<br />
100 45 9 41 5<br />
1470 575 121 736 38<br />
3<br />
4<br />
7<br />
Beef steer: 1 steer for 11 persons<br />
Harvested at 400 kg after 16 months<br />
Metabolic requirements for 1/11 250 kg steer<br />
300 g sorghum mix/day<br />
200 g soybean mix/day<br />
Roasting chicken: 5.6 chickens/person<br />
Harvested at 2.6 kg after 25 weeks<br />
Metabolic requirements for 5.6 chickens at 1.1 kg each<br />
37 g fish meal/day<br />
150 g soybeans/day<br />
Rabbits<br />
Harvested at 3.4 kg after 125 days<br />
Metabolic requirements for 2.8 rabbits at 1.8 kg each<br />
100 g sorghum/day 100 gsoybean/day<br />
20 g corn/day<br />
Dairy cattle<br />
400 kg cow produces 12.45 kg milk/day<br />
Metabolic requirements for 1 / 16.6 cow at 400 kg<br />
350 g sorghum mix/day<br />
100 g soybean mix/day<br />
Laying hens<br />
1.5 kg hen lays 5 eggs/week, 54 g/egg<br />
Metabolic requirements for 6/ 10 hen at 1.5 kg<br />
20 g soybeans/day<br />
30 g corn/day<br />
Fish<br />
Harvested at 2 kg in 1 yr<br />
Metabolic requirements for 26 fish at 1 kg each<br />
100 g soybean/day<br />
81 g animal meal/day<br />
F.2. Animal metabolic requirements, g/day<br />
[Based on animal biomass of F.1. above.]<br />
In<br />
Out<br />
O 2 H 2 O CO 2 H 2 O Meat<br />
produce<br />
Beef steer<br />
Roasting chicken<br />
Rabbits<br />
Dairy cow<br />
Laying hen<br />
Fish<br />
Total<br />
180<br />
168<br />
88<br />
220<br />
23<br />
68<br />
747<br />
910<br />
616<br />
302<br />
1840<br />
85<br />
100<br />
2853<br />
230<br />
210<br />
110<br />
275<br />
29<br />
85<br />
939<br />
450<br />
146<br />
189<br />
690<br />
19<br />
—<br />
1494<br />
91<br />
83<br />
77<br />
750<br />
24<br />
143<br />
1168<br />
Waste<br />
819<br />
532<br />
235<br />
795<br />
86<br />
121<br />
2588<br />
Data based on following:<br />
Food requirements (ref. 22)<br />
For caloric and nitrogen requirements — diets calculated<br />
Metabolism (ref. 22)<br />
CO 2 calculated by O 2 /0.8<br />
Chicken egg production (ref. 23)<br />
Fish Food and metabolism; personal communication, Chris. Brittelson,<br />
Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources, Nevin Fish Hatchery,<br />
Madison, Wisconsin.<br />
Chapter 5 — A Tour Of The Colony