a minute agoNASA plans to send algae and bacteria to Mars to produce oxygen
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(9 years ago)American Space Agency NASA plans to produce oxygen from the Mars atmosphere, when the next robot in 2020 reaches “the red planet”. Scientists will send the microscopic, algae, or bacteria alive world under the mission “Rover”, to try to create adequate air for humans, writes the British newspaper [...]
Scientists will send the microscopic, algae or bacteria alive world under the mission “Rover”, to try to create adequate air for humans, writes the British newspaper “Independent”
They want to feed micro-organisms on Mars, in the hope that they will emit oxygen, which would be used for breathing or as a rocket fuel for return to Earth, the Kosova Preris broadcasts.
If the experiment proved successful, it would be an important step towards creating conditions for dwelling in Mars and establishing human colonies in the future.
Mars ' atmosphere has only 0.13 percent of its oxygen compared to 21 percent on earth.
The British newspaper writes that the United States is planning on providing magnetic protection around Mars, while on the red planet itself building a nuclear reactor.
The first step would be to launch the cosmic lunar station, which would serve as the starting point for mission to the rest of the solar system.
In its plans for the colonization of Mars, businessman Elon Mousk said that the cheapest price per person for such a thing would be $10 billion.
