If successful experiment new technology will send less material from Earth to Mars
On board the new Mars rover, which NASA scientists plan to send to the surface of the red planet in 2021, will be using equipment for extracting oxygen from carbon dioxide. It is reported by BBC.
If we can get oxygen directly from the rarefied atmosphere of Mars, this will give an opportunity to significantly simplify and reduce the cost of sending future missions to Mars by reducing the amount of transported air. Furthermore, the presence of oxygen will allow resuming fuel reserves, which also helps to alleviate the spacecraft.
rover, which will replace the Curiosity, will carry out a study on seven research projects aimed primarily at training future manned missions to the fourth planet in the solar system. He will also collect samples of soil and atmosphere, which will be sent to the ground for research.
future weight unit is 1 ton, its creation will cost $ 1.9 billion. Compared with the weight of scientific equipment Curiosity rover second will be significantly reduced. In addition to automated testing laboratory soil unit are mounted camera, allowing to obtain a three-dimensional image.
earlier reported that NASA rejected the request of the Russian Space Research Institute of the installation device for active neutron and gamma-probe the Martian soil, despite the lack of global peers. Total 7 were selected from 58 proposals submitted bids.
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