One very cool aspect of this project is all the stuff you are forced to think about. It helps to mindshare. Lately, I've been looking into hydroponics. Do you know how hard that is to do without resorting to drug humor?
I stumbled upon an article from the Arizona Star, http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/printDS/163564, which led me to the University of Arizona Controlled Environment Agriculture Center, here: http://ag.arizona.edu/ceac/
I love this stuff! Here are people going to the freaking south pole and figuring this out. Here, we've been talking soy and tomatoes, when these smart folks already figured out that lettuce will give you more air for your space and nutrient investment. Also, they've been friendly and responsive to my dumb emails. Hopefully, one of the students or staff can direct me to some information about how much space these systems need, or rather, how much system a person needs.
In other news, we've reduced the dome drastically. It's gone from 25 mile diameter (about 490 square miles and a hell of a lot of volume) to a tenth of that. We know the human programming will fit within 6 square miles, and be much more efficient to establish and maintain.
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