Sierra Space To Test Lunar Soil Oxygen Extraction System

Sierra Space sees Moon soil as potential rocket propellant.
Credit: Sierra Space
Sierra Space has completed a test readiness review of its carbothermal reactor, a system designed to extract oxygen from the Moon’s soil, and plans to proceed to a physical test of the technology. Such as system might one day be used to extract oxygen from lunar soil for use as astronaut life...

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