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Originally Posted by efindel
At, say, a Star Trek: The Next Generation level of technology, where you no longer have to store food as food, but simply create it from raw matter on demand, you could probably get rid of pests. If you're dealing with, say, a Firefly level of tech, though, you'll still have them.
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No, you can't... not if you have anyone alive that enters or exits the ship. Star Trek actually dealt with this in a few different episodes. In TOS you had Tribbles (as mentioned), Enterprise dealt with several cold/flu out breaks, and so on. The real deal is people bring pests with them where ever they go...
They are missing in a large part from most sci fi because unless there is a plot point, its just normal boring stuff that gets in the way of the story.