Mars has nearly ideal conditions for efficiently creating oxygen from atmospheric carbon dioxide in the future using plasma technology, a study has found. According to researchers from University of Porto in Portugal and Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, Mars has 96 per cent carbon dioxide (CO2) in its atmosphere. "Sending a manned mission to Mars is one of the next major steps in our exploration of space. As well as its CO2 atmosphere, the cold surrounding atmosphere may induce a stronger vibrational effect than that achievable on Earth. "The low temperature plasma decomposition method offers a twofold solution for a manned mission to Mars.

Source: dna October 23, 2017 07:18 UTC