Create a breathable atmosphere on Mars

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   Clever Dick on October 11, 2023 at 2:46 pm

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   Idea: Create a breathable atmosphere on Mars

   Link: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/...

   NASA has done it! Check out this mini reactor that was used to create oxygen on Mars.
   https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/an-instrument-aboard-nasas-mars-rover-can-produce-oxygen-at-the-rate-of-a-small-tree-180980699/

   A Lunchbox-Sized Device Is Making Oxygen on Mars

   Link: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/s

   By scaling up the technology, NASA could allow future astronauts to breathe on the Red Planet

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   Miss Entropic on October 11, 2023 at 1:18 pm

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   Idea: Create a breathable atmosphere on Mars

   Link: https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Prepa...

   Hmm, scientists could use plasma technology to create oxygen in Mars and other space colonies.

   New plasma tech for oxygen, fuel and fertiliser from Mars’ atmosphere

   Link: https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup

   Using novel plasma reactors, researchers have shown that it is possible to extract key ingredients from Mars’ carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere to provide future astronauts with oxygen, fuel and fertiliser. This technological leap could make it viable for humans to live on Mars.

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   MeterMan on October 11, 2023 at 11:25 am

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   Idea: Create a breathable atmosphere on Mars

   Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/21754...

   A great idea in theory, but it would take so much time and effort to create and sustain a breathable atmosphere on Mars.
   https://www.newscientist.com/article/2175414-terraforming-mars-might-be-impossible-due-to-a-lack-of-carbon-dioxide/

   Terraforming Mars might be impossible due to a lack of carbon dioxide

   Link: https://www.newscientist.com/art

   We need lots of carbon dioxide to make Mars habitable for Earth life – and it turns out there isn’t enough on the Red Planet

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   ChrisP on October 11, 2023 at 10:04 am

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   Idea: Create a breathable atmosphere on Mars

   Link: https://www.planetary.org/articles/can-we-...

   Terraforming Mars would make starting a human colony on the planet so much easier.

   Can We Make Mars Earth-Like Through Terraforming?

   Link: https://www.planetary.org/articl

   These are some of the most compelling ideas on how to terraform Mars into a habitable, Earth-like world for future explorers.

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