Jeffrey A Hoffman, Michael H Hecht, Donald Rapp, Joseph J Hartvigsen, Jason G SooHoo, Asad M Aboobaker, John B McClean, Andrew M Liu, Eric D Hinterman, Maya Nasr, Shravan Hariharan, Kyle J Horn, Forrest E Meyen, Harald Okkels, Parker Steen, Singaravelu Elangovan, Christopher R Graves, Piyush Khopkar, Morten B Madsen, Gerald E Voecks, Peter H Smith, Theis L Skafte, Koorosh R Araghi, David J Eisenman
MOXIE [Mars Oxygen In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) Experiment] is the first demonstration of ISRU on another planet, producing oxygen by solid oxide electrolysis of carbon dioxide in the martian atmosphere. A scaled-up MOXIE would contribute to sustainable human exploration of Mars by producing on-site the tens of tons of oxygen required for a rocket to transport astronauts off the surface of Mars, instead of having to launch hundreds of tons of material from Earth's surface to transport the required oxygen to Mars...
September 2, 2022: Science Advances