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#BBC 📆 08th September, 2022 #MOXIE "can produce #oxygen at the same rate as a #tree 🌴 on #Earth by inhaling #carbon #dioxide from the Martian #atmosphere and #exhaling oxygen" https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/mars-rovers-moxie-oxygen-generator-one-step-closer-to-supporting-human-life-on-the-red-planet
#Mars #Oxygen #In-Situ #Resource #Utilization #Experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Oxygen_ISRU_Experiment
Next #generation might be a #plasma #reactor firing an #electron beam into the reaction #chamber https://www.science.org/content/article/plasma-reactors-could-create-oxygen-mars
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#ISRU #SpaceScience #SpaceColonization #HumanSpaceflightBasics
#bbc #moxie #oxygen #tree #earth #carbon #dioxide #atmosphere #exhaling #Mars #in #resource #utilization #experiment #generation #plasma #reactor #electron #chamber #isru #spacescience #spacecolonization #humanspaceflightbasics