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104<br />

<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

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