Scientists Make Oxygen Out of Moon Rock
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 12:56
in Astronomy & Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- If humans ever create a lunar base, one of the biggest challenges will be figuring out how to breathe. Transporting oxygen to the moon is extremely expensive, so for the past several years NASA has been looking into other possibilities. One idea is extracting oxygen from moon rock.
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