🚀🌕 Making Oxygen on the Moon
A new study models the energy needed to extract oxygen from lunar soil - key for rocket fuel and future Moon bases.
Producing 1 kg of liquid oxygen requires ~24 kWh - like running a fridge for a day.
🔗 https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2306146122
#SciComm 🧪 ðŸ”
A new study models the energy needed to extract oxygen from lunar soil - key for rocket fuel and future Moon bases.
Producing 1 kg of liquid oxygen requires ~24 kWh - like running a fridge for a day.
🔗 https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2306146122
#SciComm 🧪 ðŸ”
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