MOXIE on Mars: How this little box could help humans breathe on the Red Planet
The device, called MOXIE, could one day become a "full-scale oxygen factory" on the Red Planet.
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The device, called MOXIE, could one day become a "full-scale oxygen factory" on the Red Planet.
The Times of Houma Thibodaux
The device, MOXIE, on board NASA's Perseverance rover produces 6-10 grams of oxygen per hour on Mars – about the same as a tree on Earth.
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If humans want to explore Mars, they'll need to create oxygen. Now, a small device the size of a toaster is on the planet doing just that.