Lunar Boom Town/Air Plant

Background: Breathable air has specific ranges of content of water, carbon dioxide, oxygen, and nitrogen.

Business Services:

• Sell new air created by purchase of LLOX[1], Liquid Nitrogen[2], Water, and mix to advertised composition of fresh, new air products.
• Receive used air and recondition and deliver fresh air back to the customer via either bottle or airline.
• Monitor and alert for dangerous breathing conditions.
• Sell excess H2O, CO2, impurities extracted from used air.

Pricing: Could be by volume of air processed or delivered or number of people/animals/plants serviced for a specified time period.

Capital Required: Air processing equipment. Gas reserve storage for O2,N,H2O,CO2. Air line or bottle delivery. Telemetry monitoring.

Possibly applicable technologies:

Acquiring initial and makeup stock of oxygen:

• http://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/HumanExplore/Exploration/EXLibrary/DOCS/EIC034.HTML

Acquiring initial and makeup stock of nitrogen:

• Import from Earth
• Recover from Earth imported materials ... i.e. food, fabric, cleaners, etc.