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1/2: #Bestof2022: #HotelMars: MOXIE onboard Perseverance makes oxygen that can sustain explorers indefinitely. Michael Hecht, Principal Investigator, NASA. Haystack Observatory, MIT. David Livingston, SpaceShow.com (Originally posted September 12, 2022)

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🗓️ 24 May 2023

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1/2: #Bestof2022: #HotelMars: MOXIE onboard Perseverance makes oxygen that can sustain explorers indefinitely. Michael Hecht, Principal Investigator, NASA. Haystack Observatory, MIT. David Livingston, SpaceShow.com (Originally posted September 12, 2022)


https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/mars-rovers-moxie-oxygen-generator-one-step-closer-to-supporting-human-life-on-the-red-planet/

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0:00.0

Elevate your summer nights

0:02.6

With all the indulgence of the new Magnum Double Star Chaser

0:07.2

With cracking chocolate, popcorn flavor

0:11.4

And rich caramel sauce for the night

0:14.2

Pleasure is always on

0:17.0

Magnum, true to pleasure

0:25.4

This is CBS Eye on the World

0:28.2

Here's John Bachelor

1:28.2

Here and thank you for letting me talk about one of my favorite subjects

1:32.2

Moxie is going to solve a big problem for us on when we go to Mars someday

1:38.2

When maybe my grandchildren or yours go to Mars

1:41.2

And you know when Lewis and Clark set off across the United States

1:45.2

They brought all the things they needed from ammunition to food

1:49.2

But they did not have to worry about oxygen

1:52.2

When we go to Mars is a beautiful planet waiting for us to explore

1:56.2

And it's got lots that we need but no oxygen

1:59.2

And sometimes we don't think about the fact that we not only need that oxygen to breathe

2:05.2

Which we then use to help turn our fuel, our food into energy

2:10.2

But we need it for anything, any other fuel we turn into energy

2:13.2

Whether it's our car or our campfire

2:16.2

Or most importantly the rockets that take us to and from the planet in Mars

2:21.2

So we could bring tons and tons and tons of oxygen with us

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