Can we terraform Mars? NASA’s Perseverance Rover and their trusty sidekick MOXIE have just taken a huge step in proving it is possible. I want to take a look at the tech behind this breakthrough and understand if humans could ever live on Mars…
00:00 NASA Makes Oxygen on Mars for the First Time
00:50 How Will We Breathe On Mars?
1:34 Level 1 - Take an Atmosphere With You
2:38 Level 2 - Atmosphere recycling - The ISS and it's life support systems
6:58 Level 3 - The Perseverance Rover & MOXIE - Creating oxygen from the Martian atmosphere
10:08 The drawbacks of MOXIE
10:55 The future of oxygen generation on Mars - Lower temperature plasmas
14:00 Conclusion
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