The device, called MOXIE, could one day become a 'full-scale oxygen factory' on the Red Planet.
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The study shows MOXIE was able to produce oxygen at the rate of a modest tree on Earth — and did so in a variety of atmospheric conditions. NASA and MIT researchers believe a "scaled-up" version of MOXIE could potentially travel to Mars before a human mission and produce enough oxygen to sustain humans. It could also fuel the rocket’s return to Earth, MIT researchers said in a news release.
"It’s historic in that sense," said MOXIE deputy principal investigator Jeffrey Hoffman, a professor of the practice in MIT’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics.MOXIE does its job by drawing in Martian air through a filter that gets rid of contaminants, according to MIT. From there, the air is pressurized and sent through a device that splits the carbon dioxide-filled air into oxygen ions and carbon monoxide.
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