Re: [GZG] Shipping sheep

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n I first mentioned this, my mind turned not to commercial ventures, but
more to support the start-up of colonies. By sending frozen embryos
instead of livestock, you reduce the overall weight and cargo needed for
livestock for the transit which ultimately will keep costs down for such
ventures. Once on site, you can then go into full embryo growth and
maturity using whatver technology you have for the setting. This of
course assumes that you can nourish your sheep from suppliments and
synthetic protiens and such until you have established conventional
agriculture.

Of course I having nothing scientific to base this on, but then again,
I'm a sci-fi fan, not a scientist.

-Eli

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: "Robert Mayberry" <robert.mayberry@gmail.com> 

> That would make for an interesting meat market. I'm not convinced that

> mass transport of livestock (vs raising it on-site) is economically 
> viable, but I'm still running the numbers so I'm not sure. But if it 
> *IS* viable, then you get a weird case where livestock might be graded

> based on where on the ship they were kept-- veal in low gravity or 
> even free-fall, and tougher cows in the high-grav area. 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 4:55 PM, Roger Burton West wrote: 
> > On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 12:57:08PM -0700, Peter Engebos wrote: 
> >>In Traveller Supplement 7 - Traders and Gunboats, the Empress Marava
far 
> trader is specifically listed as having extra large low berths (Cryo
units) for 
> the transport of live stock. 
> > 
> > Interesting; I hadn't remembered that one. I was actually thinking
of 
> > the Vaca class from 2300AD (in Ships of the French Arm), which has
to do 
> > it with spin gravity. 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Robert Mayberry 
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