One Step Closer to Ares · 2:40am Apr 22nd, 2021
Perseverance has tested MOXIE, the first device to create oxygen from local materials on a world other than Earth.
We're one step closer to the MAV fuel plant and the Hab oxygenator.
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Perseverance has tested MOXIE, the first device to create oxygen from local materials on a world other than Earth.
We're one step closer to the MAV fuel plant and the Hab oxygenator.
He he, I get that reference!
It does seem prudent to have a research base permanently situated on Mars, just in case of any future Sparkle Drive mishaps.
Now we just have to fix universal air filters, easily shatterable face visors and communication antennas that target astronauts.
Im puzzled about the heating the gas to only 800C, They could get that from a basic diesel engine preheater, the coil glows hot enough? Or Ive had a sustained white plasma arc from a 6 volt laturn battery, and at that point, might as well use the CO in a loop to rip the oxygen off the surrounding dirt? Or if youre doing that, theres water? Still, copper vapour and CO and hydrgen gives you methane and higher hydrocarbons, depending?
I wonder what the efficincy is, given the amount of chemical energy is known, the power consumption, and the yield?
Woohoo!