Living in Space: Are NASA Projections Possible?

NASA’s goal of installing a permanent base on the Moon and another on Mars becomes a horizon with ever-increasing possibilities. A recent investigation published in the journal Nature invites us to think about a technology based on photo-electrochemical elements. According to the article, advancing in that knowledge is the only way to live on the moon or on Tuesday for long periods of time.

It is not news that space was always a new point of tension between the great powers, the race that the USA and the USSR maintained with the first trips to the Moon is already part of the books, but transferred to the present day the arm-wrestling of powers grows around astropolitics.

The most powerful countries are no longer satisfied with the cultural, territorial or economic disputes of our world. Now, they seek to expand their domain areas beyond Earth.

While investment in space exploration is increasing, Populating the Moon and Mars still sounds like an over-the-top aspiration.. Environmental conditions and planetary distances make much greater technological advances necessary, which make it possible to overcome these issues to make human bases sustainable in the long term.

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NASA’s Artemis program or the Chinese Space Agency’s Chang’e project are facing the same crisis of scientific credibility: How can human life be maintained in a place where no one could survive on their own?

This mystery finds a possible resolution with the new research published in Nature. In this study, a novel approach to the problem of resources.

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In the article it is stated that the The current technology used to live on the International Space Station (ISS) is not suitable for settling on other planets in the long term. It is explained that these instruments were designed to be used only at the orbiting outpost.

Astronauts will need something different if they have to reside on the Moon or on Mars. The solution proposed by the research is based on the need to continue the development of photoelectrochemical devices.

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Survival on another planet: why the technology of the International Space Station is useless.

Katharina Brinkert is an Associate Professor at the University of Warwick. In the article she wrote for the journal Nature she points out that the oxygen generator set (OGA) of the International Space Station applies direct electrical current to induce a non-spontaneous chemical reaction. This separates the oxygen molecules from the hydrogen to allow astronauts to breathe in space.

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He two-stage process of this system, which converts sunlight into electricity, and then uses the electricity for the electrolytic process, It’s not convenient.

According to the researcher, this it is expensive and failures are likely to occur. Brinkert warns that using this system can lead to the failure of space missions that are farthest from Earth.

However, it suggests that there is an alternative which consists of using photoelectrochemical devices instead of photovoltaic electrolysers.

The function of these photoelectrochemical devices is to allow the generation of electrical energy and chemical substance of interest, through an electrochemical reaction induced by the photoelectric effect.

these devices be based on a one-step process, designed to convert solar energy directly into chemical energy. Semiconductor materials would transform electromagnetic radiation into oxygen and hydrogen, without the need for intermediate production of electricity.

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A curious fact is that this technology is not only necessary to survive on the Moon or Mars, but also, may be indispensable to ensure the continuity of the Earth itself. This is so because photoelectric devices are being investigated for use on our planet as a possible solution to global warming.