An instrument aboard NASA's Perseverance rover has successfully generated oxygen on Mars, an important milestone in exploring the Red Planet.
This tech is a huge boon, and the success of this story could help pave the way for future oxygen generation on the Red Planet, something that would make long-term exploration of the planet far more feasible.
MOXIE, which is actually known as the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment, has shown that it can generate oxygen on Mars 16 times in a row, the report claims. Further, that over the past two years, as this mission has been carried out, the little device has generated enough oxygen for a small dog to breathe for 10 hours. I brought this device to test making oxygen from Mars’ CO2 atmosphere, and it worked great. This tech could pave the way for future explorers to make their own rocket fuel and breathable air. 🚀
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