Redesigning O Neill cylinders Forum: Spacesettlers
Thread: Redesigning O Neill cylinders
# 6290 bytemplar@... on Jan. 21, 2005, 9:41 p.m.
Member since 2021-10-03
From: millenial70 [mailto:bp164@...]
100% oxy would be a *major* fire hazard. Remember Apollo 1? :(
"Do any of the asteroids have nitrogen that could be used? "
Yep. Both the cometary cores and the carbonaceous chondrite asteroids have
plenty of ammonia ice, along with all sorts of other useful volatiles.
Plenty of nitrogen, for atmosphere, fertilizer, etc.
Dave
"Is a planetary surface the right place for an expanding technological
civilization?" Dr. Gerard K. O'Neill