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Could martian liquid water hold enough oxygen to support life?

Posted on October 23, 2018 by rburnham

A team led by scientists at Caltech and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which Caltech manages for NASA, has calculated that if liquid water exists on Mars, it could — under specific conditions — contain more oxygen than previously thought … Continue reading →

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MAVEN: Solar storms speed oxygen loss from Mars atmosphere

Posted on June 4, 2018 by rburnham

In September 2017, a series of moderate to extreme flares jetted outward from the Sun’s surface. Among them was a monster X8.2 class flare that occurred on 10 September and was one of the largest flares of the current, but … Continue reading →

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Missions could make oxygen on Mars using plasma technology

Posted on October 19, 2017 by rburnham

Plasma technology could hold the key to creating a sustainable oxygen supply on Mars, a new study has found. It suggests that Mars, with its 96 per cent carbon dioxide atmosphere, has nearly ideal conditions for creating oxygen from CO2 … Continue reading →

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