Lunar Mining, Processing & Refining (Narration Only)
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
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How to Find Oxygen on the Moon
It takes considerably less energy to get oxygen out of water or ice than out of rocks like silica or alumina. The process also frees up that hydrogen in the water, you can then burn that hydrogen and oxygen right back together into water as a rocket propellant. There is a million dollar prize from NASA for the first team to demonstrate a method to extract 5 kilograms of oxygen from simulated moon rock in 8 hours or less.
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