The Moon Has Enough Oxygen to Sustain 16 Billion People For 50,000 Years

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The Moon Has Enough Oxygen to Sustain 16 Billion People For 50,000 Years
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So what would it take to harness this potential?

. But that oxygen is tightly bound into the minerals mentioned above. In order to break apart those strong bonds, we need to put in energy.

It’s a pretty straightforward process, but there is a catch: it’s very energy intensive. To be sustainable, it would need to be supported by solar energy or other energy sources available on the Moon. to do this on Earth, but moving this apparatus to the Moon — and generating enough energy to run it — will be a mighty challenge.Earlier this year, Belgium-based startup Space Applications Services announced it was building three experimental reactors to improve the process of making oxygen via electrolysis.

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