Life on Mars might very well be possible, as NASA’s Moxie instrument was able to produce oxygen on the Red Planet and for the first time ever in one of the most basic elements necessary for human life, and Moxie extracted oxygen on the fourth planet from the Sun. times since it first landed on Mars last February as part of NASA’s Pre-Probe mission.
Michael Hecht, principal investigator for the MOXIE mission at MIT’s Haystack Observatory, said in a press release that the project will teach future systems “on a larger scale” to make a planet other than Earth habitable.
“This is the first demonstration of actually using resources on the surface of another planetary body and chemically transforming them into something useful for a human mission,” said Jeffrey Hoffman, a professor of practice in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT. Including day and night.
Hecht added that they cannot do the task at dusk or dawn because temperatures change dramatically, and he continued: “We have a great idea that allows us to do this, and when we test it in the lab, we can achieve this last achievement to show that we can actually run at any time.”
Professor Hoffman also said: “The atmosphere of Mars is more diverse than that of Earth, the density of the air can vary twice a year, the temperature can vary by 100 degrees, and one of the goals is to show that it can work with me in all seasons. “
Experts noted that the longest time astronauts currently spend on Mars is 100 minutes, with researchers discovering that they can carry 50 grams of oxygen, although the current version of Moxie is small enough to fit in a perseverance chariot. Eventually, the researchers found, a large oxygen lab would be needed to transport larger oxygen units, and ideally these units would operate “continuously.”
They also noted that “computers, space suits and habitats” must be brought from Earth to adequately support humanity.
