ISRU technique · In-Situ Resource Utilisation · In development

Propellant Production

Making rocket propellant in space — splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen, or combining Martian carbon dioxide with hydrogen to make methane and oxygen — so a return vehicle can be fuelled at its destination instead of carrying all its propellant from Earth.

In-Situ Resource UtilisationIn development

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›Fuel a Mars return without launching the propellant

Mars
Methane / LOX

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Member of groupIn-Situ Resource Utilisation
Associated withMars
Associated withMethane / LOX

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Propellant Production

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Worlds, stations & materials

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Propellant Production

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Worlds, stations & materials

Knowledge connections

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