Lunar Boom Town/Fueling Station

Business idea

Mine or separate out lunar resources required to create a viable rocket fuel for use around Earth-Moon system and deep space. Oxygen is readily available. Buy it from Lox manufacturer[1]. Aluminum is readily available on the moon although extracting it in large quantities will be challenging and capital intensive.[2] Using Al as a rocket feul is theoretically possible but also challenging.[3]

Mix the two into a fuel for shipping to customer site or into a solid form of rocket booster suitable for getting off the lunar surface or both.

Market

• Any mass, such as lox, which needs to be delivered to space from lunar surface.
• Short suborbital lunar hopping. Much faster than Rovers or Freight Trucks.
• Mars resupply missions. Need large delta V to Holman to Mars or Aldrin Cyclers.

External data

• http://www.space-rockets.com/lsp.html Explanation of a aluminum based rocket feul
• Interplanetary travel