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Israeli startup generates oxygen from lunar soil

There isn’t any oxygen in space, and yet one Israeli startup has found a way around that problem, developing a technology that can produce oxygen from lunar soil. The project, Helios, was recently granted funding from the Israeli Space Agency and the Ministry of Energy to develop a system that will be launched in two space missions over the next three years.  Helios technology will produce oxygen from the lunar surface through a soil-fed reactor in addition to other various metals. The proc...
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Making oxygen from moon sand, startup eyes long-term life in space

Simulated lunar sand melted at 1600 degrees celsius by Helium to develop oxygen (Courtesy) An Israeli startup, Helios, says it has developed technology that can produce oxygen needed for fuel from the lunar soil. This will make multiple and long-term missions to the moon economically viable, as it will allow moon colonies to “live off the land” instead of having to carry all of their fuel and other resources from Earth. The initiative has been awarded funding from the Israeli Space Agency a...
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