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Living on mars: how to produce oxygen and fuel to get home

V. Guerra
  • Fonction : Auteur
Tiago Silva
  • Fonction : Auteur
Olivier Guaitella

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Sending a manned mission to Mars is one of the next major steps in space exploration. Creating a breathable environment, however, is a substantial challenge. A sustainable oxygen supply on the red planet can be achieved by converting carbon dioxide directly from the Martian atmosphere. A new solution to do so is on the way: plasma technology.

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hal-02271982 , version 1 (27-08-2019)

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V. Guerra, Tiago Silva, Olivier Guaitella. Living on mars: how to produce oxygen and fuel to get home. Europhysics News, 2018, 49 (3), pp.15-18. ⟨10.1051/epn/2018302⟩. ⟨hal-02271982⟩
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