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TildalWave
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This morning's BBC News says that a 2020 rover mission to Mars will "make oxygen". There is a brief line indication that it will convert CO2. Butextract it from atmospheric CO₂, but no other details.

What process will the rover use? Is this a plausible method for obtaining oxygen on Mars for human life support?

This morning's BBC News says that a 2020 rover mission to Mars will "make oxygen". There is a brief line indication it will convert CO2. But no other details.

What process will the rover use? Is this a plausible method for obtaining oxygen on Mars for human life support?

This morning's BBC News says that a 2020 rover mission to Mars will "make oxygen". There is a brief line indication that it will extract it from atmospheric CO₂, but no other details.

What process will the rover use? Is this a plausible method for obtaining oxygen on Mars for human life support?

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How do you 'make oxygen' on Mars?

This morning's BBC News says that a 2020 rover mission to Mars will "make oxygen". There is a brief line indication it will convert CO2. But no other details.

What process will the rover use? Is this a plausible method for obtaining oxygen on Mars for human life support?