Lunar BoomTown/Lunar LOX Facility Design Study
Needed:
- Production volumes
- Installation schedule
- Location, deliverables requirements, and volume of specific customers.
Design Study Approach
- Review existing technical literature and applicable terrestrial facilities and technologies
- Detail assumptions/projections of representative customer base
- Line out major facility requirements and components sufficient for business planning
Deliverables:
- Project Customer and Facility site maps.
- Major subsystem and equipment list
- Logistics plan, quantities, transport methods, etc.
- Operations plans, who works where when responsibilities etc.
- Projected operations costs and production capacities
Notes
"Several processes have been suggested (Criswell, 1980) for accomplishing this, including reduction of raw soil by fluorine (which is recovered) or reduction or iron-titanium oxide (ilmenite) hydrogen (also recovered). Preliminary laboratory studies have verified the concepts behind some of these processes."[1] Mirwin 20:11, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Education/SpaceSettlement/spaceres/V-1.html
- This report summary by Criswell has estimates for a "Lunar Supply Base" adequate to support 80s vision of orbital manufacturing for boot stepping. Might be useful in projecting expansion increments of initial NASA base into an industrial boomtown. Has projections for staff and power.
Applicable information resources
- Contains estimated pricing and quantities for commercial lunar lox facility ... useful as check on our estimates.
University of Wisconsin course notes "Lunar Base Activation"