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Lunar Boom Town/Worm Soil Factory

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Revision as of 15:52, 23 September 2007 by wikademia>Mirwin (→External Information Links: Specialized market for worms as lab specimens?)

Business Idea:

Topsoil is going to be at a premium on the moon. As much food as possible must be grown locally and CO2 must be recycled into biomass and oxygen.

Lunar regolith is initially not good topsoil. When moisture is added it creates a base (opposite of acidic) mixture which is inimical to plants. (need footnote here, find source) It also has no organic component.

Hence our worm farms. We purchase waste biomass, combine it with lunar regolith in proper proportions, feed it to our worms then sell the resulting topsoil to plant growers and the extra worms to chicken farms.

Best of all our worm farms take a lot less excavated space to operated than other full blown ranches and farms thus making it ideal for partime entrepreneurs who work for other people fulltime.

Startup costs:

  • Excavation of initial space for work beds and airlock to adjoining community corridor or owner's living space.
  • Initial supply of worms from Terra.
  • Initial biomass - primarily kitchen scraps, possibly human waste compost.
  • Hauling of initial sifted lunar regolith
  • Water

Design challenges:

  • What is the proper mix of lunar regolith and various types of biomass to create various types of topsoil?
  • What are the various types of topsoil Lunar Boomtown Businesses and residents will purchase?
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