CosmicQuest
Living in Space

A shower for your space station
You need to be self-sufficient in: Air, food
Instrument panel

Some features of your current space station (like power and exercise) will still work well for this new mission. But there are new challenges as well. You need to be completely independent of Earth—no supply shuttles with fresh fruits or fresh air.

The air in your storage tanks will not last long. What will you do for fresh air?

Asteroid mining
Mine asteroids for frozen oxygen		 CO2 scrubber
Scrub carbon dioxide from the air
Plants converting CO2 to O2
Use plants to freshen the air

 

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