From: tkoenig@netcologne.de   
      
   Mikkel Haaheim  schrieb:   
      
   > As for nitrogen flow, the nitrogen in the atmosphere generally   
   > is not consumed. It provides pressure, but little more. Even   
   > plants generally do not, and can not, extract nitrogen from the   
   > atmosphere. On the moon, the nitrogen is deposited on the surface   
   > in a very thin layer by the solar wind, so you are basicly scraping   
   > up the dust.   
      
   I would expect the amount to be rather low ;-)   
      
   > Oxygen, in the form of various oxides, is extremely abundant   
   > on the lunar surface and below. Most rocks would work. Keep in   
   > mind that the 500 litres of O2 repesent less than 1kg mass. It   
   > should not b difficult to extract an average of 100kg of oxygen   
   > from a sample tonne of rock, so a tonne a day would support 100+   
   > personnes.   
      
   I think the NASA prize to extract five kg of oxygen from moon rock   
   in eight hours is still open.  If you think it is not difficult,   
   go and claim the 10^6 Dollars :-)   
      
   BTW, the current best tech appears to use up Ruthenium, which is   
   _very_ scarce.   
      
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