Feasibility of rocket propellant production on Mars

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Sep 1978

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978acaau...5..705a&link_type=abstract

Acta Astronautica, vol. 5, Sept. 1978, p. 705-724.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Mars, Equipment, Theoretical Studies, Rocket Propellant

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In situ production of rocket propellant to reduce landed mass requirements for Mars return missions has been investigated. The analysis has shown that a system which utilizes atmospheric carbon dioxide and soil moisture to produce liquid methane-oxygen propellant requires a landed mass which is less than half the mass of the ascent vehicle it produces.

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