ScienceMars' thin air could become a source of rocket fuel
Space.com reports that a form of electrolysis could convert carbon dioxide in Mars' atmosphere into methane for rocket fuel.
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Space.com describes a possible route to producing rocket fuel on Mars: using a form of electrolysis to turn the planet's atmospheric carbon dioxide into methane.
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Mars' thin air could become a source of rocket fuel
Space.com reports that a form of electrolysis could convert carbon dioxide in Mars' atmosphere into methane for rocket fuel.
TLDR
Space.com describes a possible route to producing rocket fuel on Mars: using a form of electrolysis to turn the planet's atmospheric carbon dioxide into methane.