Combined emergency compression tube and air lock with life sustaining system for space vessels

Claim 1

A VERTICAL CYLINDRICAL COMPRESSION TUBE FOR SPACE VESSELS COMPRISING A PRESSURE TIGHT CYLINDER CLOSED AT BOTH ENDS HAVING AN ACCESS OPENING IN ONE SIDE THEREOF TO PERMIT AN ASTRONAUT TO ENTER THE INTERIOR OF THE TUBE, CLOSURE DOOR MEANS OPERABLE EXTERIORLY AND INTERIORLY OF THE TUBE FOR CLOSING AND SEALING SAID ACCESS OPENING, A SUPPORTING FLOOR FOR THE ASTRONAUT DISPOSED HORIZONTALLY IN SPACED RELATION ABOVE THE BOTTOM OF THE TUBE HAVING A VENT OPENING THERETHROUGH INTO SAID TUBE ABOVE SAID FLOOR, CLOSURE MEANS FOR SAID VENT OPENING, AN OPERATING CONNECTION BETWEEN SAID CLOSURE DOOR FOR SAID ACCESS OPENING AND SAID CLOSURE MEANS FOR CLOSING SAID VENT OPENING WHEN SAID ACCESS OPENING IS OPENED, AND OPENING SAID VENT OPENING WHEN SAID ACCESS OPENING IS CLOSED, AND CO2 ABSORBENT OXYGEN GENERATING MEANS FIXED IN SAID TUBE BELOW SAID FLOOR FOR ABSORBING CO2 FROM AN ASTRONAUT IN SAID TUBE AND RELEASING OXYGEN THROUGH SAID VENT OPENING TO PROVIDE A LIFE SUSTAINING ENVIRONMENT IN SAID TUBE WHEN SAID ACCESS OPENING IS CLOSED AND SAID VENT OPENING IS OPEN.