Nasa rover to make oxygen on Mars
Posted by Unknown on Saturday, August 2, 2014 | 0 comments
Nasa's next Martian rover will attempt to make oxygen on the surface of the red planet when it lands there in 2021. The rover will carry seven scientific projects, aimed at paving the way for future manned missions, seeking evidence of life and storing samples to be brought back in the future.
Among them is a device for turning the CO2 that dominates the thin Martian air into oxygen, this could support human life or make rocket fuel for return missions.
The rover will also carry two cameras and an experimental weather station among its 88lb (40kg) of instruments.
The rover will also carry two cameras and an experimental weather station among its 88lb (40kg) of instruments.
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