Associate Administrator Jim Reuter of NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate said that this is an important step towards converting carbon dioxide into oxygen on Mars.
NASA’s Perception Rover
The US Space Agency NASA’s Perseverance rover is involved in making history every day. NASA said that the six-wheeled rover took some of the carbon dioxide from the atmosphere of Mars and converted it into Oxygen. The space agency said that this is the first time that someone has done this on another planet. In this way, humanity has taken one more step towards calling Mars its second home. Through this technology, oxygen supply can be ensured to the first colony settled on Mars.
Associate Administrator Jim Reuter of NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate said that this is an important step towards converting carbon dioxide into oxygen on Mars. Rover used this technology on 20 April. It is believed that in the future it will open the way for human exploration on Mars. Through this technology, oxygen can be provided to astronauts to breathe in future.
Rover made oxygen like this
The ‘Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment’ or MOXIE is a golden box of the size of a car’s battery. This box rover is present in the right side. It has been interpreted as a ‘mechanical tree’. It uses electricity and chemistry to separate carbon dioxide molecules. Explain that carbon dioxide is made up of one carbon atom and two oxygen atoms. It also produces carbon monoxide as a byproduct.
MOXIE creates as much oxygen as breathing for 20 minutes every hour
MOXIE prepared five grams of oxygen for the first time. Astronauts can breathe for 10 minutes with so much oxygen while doing normal activity. Engineers of this device have now started working to prepare a higher amount of oxygen. It has been made capable of generating up to 10 grams of oxygen per hour. MOXIE is designed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It is prepared from heat resistant materials such as metals such as nickel alloys. MOXIE can also tolerate temperatures of 1,470 ° F (800 Celsius).
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