ACHIEVING SELF-RELIANCE
- how an off-Earth base could quickly become self-sufficient -

Here is the composition of the volatiles in the LCROSS results:

Here is the composition of the mare basalts:

Here is the composition of the highlands anorthosite:

Here is the composition of the KREEP rocks:

Stoichiometric representation of useful chemicals produced from polar volatiles:

Stoichiometric representation of metals produced from mare basalt:

Stoichiometric representation of metals produced from anorthosite:

Combined results of the useful chemicals and metals that could be produced: