Electrochemistry could secure astronauts oxygen on the Moon

By Ida Emilie Steinmark2020-12-08T09:36:00

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Extracting oxygen and metals from moon rock may help build new lunar base

Keep on top of the latest scientific developments. As the world’s space agencies are preparing for a return to the Moon, chemists based at the University of Glasgow are tantalisingly close to securing them the tech to extract oxygen from moon rock using an electrochemical process. This would allow them to make their own breathable, lunar air, as well as rocket propellant for refueling spacecrafts on the Moon. Learn exactly how in this article.

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