Lunar Boom Town/Air Plant
Background: Breathable air has specific ranges of content of oxygen, nitrogen, water and carbon dioxide.
http://www.livescience.com/technology/050718_station_air.html
Business Services:
- Sell new air created by purchase of LLOXLunar_Boom_Town/LOX_Domestic_and_Exports, Liquid NitrogenLunar_Boom_Town/Nitrogen_commodity_imports_and_futures, 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:
Acquiring initial and makeup stock of nitrogen:
- Import from Earth
- Recover from Earth imported materials ... i.e. food, fabric, cleaners, etc.