Why does the trash matter? For more than 50 years, humans have been investigating the surface of Mars. Nations have dispatched 18 human-made items to Mars in 14 separate missions, according to the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs. Many of these missions are still underway, but humankind has left a large amount of trash on the planet's surface after decades of … [Read more...] about Mars is Littered with 15,694 Pounds of Human Waste From 50 Years Of Robotic Exploration
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We Can Reliably Generate Oxygen on Mars, Allowing Human Exploration to Continue
Tech on board perseverance can produce oxygen day and night and in different seasons. NASA recently declared that it has successfully created oxygen for the first time on Mars. The Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Project (MOXIE) has successfully produced oxygen seven times under various settings, including day and night and over two Martian seasons, according to … [Read more...] about We Can Reliably Generate Oxygen on Mars, Allowing Human Exploration to Continue