[Yeah, this is what my scratch looks like at the moment:
person - about 2 lbs per day,
1 ton = 40 cubic feet = 2000 pounds = food for 1000 people for a day, or about 33 people for a month.
We have what, ~16 crew, counting NPcs?
1 cubic meter = 2,204 pounds of water
So ... I think a cubic meter is a lot more than one domestic fridge-ful. Or am I missing something? It certainly sounds like we can supply the entire crew with fresh foodstuffs for as long as 6 months, and that doesn't count freeze-dried, frozen, etc.
Also, bad things can happen on a protein-heavy diet, so I'm not into the concept of Kel ration bars any more than I was into the 1950s notion of a pill that contained an entire day's worth of nutrition. But maybe my idea of what they're like is not any better than my idea of He*archate food storage.] "Sounds like we could store maybe 180 days' worth of stuff, easy. Would they let us take that much? How long will we be in travel before we can re-stock?"
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Re: Dar & Sasha, By the Kitchen
Date: 2020-01-25 08:57 pm (UTC)person - about 2 lbs per day,
1 ton = 40 cubic feet = 2000 pounds = food for 1000 people for a day, or about 33 people for a month.
We have what, ~16 crew, counting NPcs?
1 cubic meter = 2,204 pounds of water
So ... I think a cubic meter is a lot more than one domestic fridge-ful. Or am I missing something? It certainly sounds like we can supply the entire crew with fresh foodstuffs for as long as 6 months, and that doesn't count freeze-dried, frozen, etc.
Also, bad things can happen on a protein-heavy diet, so I'm not into the concept of Kel ration bars any more than I was into the 1950s notion of a pill that contained an entire day's worth of nutrition. But maybe my idea of what they're like is not any better than my idea of He*archate food storage.]
"Sounds like we could store maybe 180 days' worth of stuff, easy. Would they let us take that much? How long will we be in travel before we can re-stock?"