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Guys, I wanna share with you some information about the latest inventions from Space X. Musk has determined that the water ice locked in the Martian substrata is fuel. As such Musk is building the first industrial-scale water separator, smaller than a submarine, to create breathable Oxygen and Hydrogen which can be liquified and turned into fuel. After which the astronauts can drink the dirt. Now if Musk could just figure out how to launch the water separator and Hydrogen and Oxygen containment tanks and processing hardware that all together is about as large as a submarine at least. What do you think about that statement of Elon Musk?
Is that plausible at all?

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[+3] - farmerman - 12/18/2020electrolysis of water is about 150 years old technology. I think the article's main issue is how to get all the reactors and storage tanks up there. (Id say, do it in pre machined panels that are...

@bearnard45,

Can you cite the source of this news?

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@knaivete,

electrolysis of water is about 150 years old technology. I think the article's main issue is how to get all the reactors and storage tanks up there. (Id say, do it in pre machined panels that are joined together on Mars, just like the ISS). Machine the parts here and ship em in segments that can grow .Then , after a time, the entire electrolysis "factories" are built on Mars, maybe underground
There are many new technologies for dissociation of water in low gradient energy fields. Its like the old technology for desal , except its at another energy level that is a function of low P/T gradients.

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