Episode 601: Living Off The Land On Mars. What Can We Find On The Red Planet?
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Extending humanity to other worlds in the Solar System is at the very limits of our modern technology. And unless there are dramatic discoveries in new propulsion systems or we learn how to build everything out of carbon nanotubes, the future of space exploration is going to require living off the land.
\\n\\nThe technique is known as In-Situ Resource Utilization or ISRU, and it means supplying as much of your mission from local resources as possible.
\\n\\nAnd many of our future exploration destinations, like Mars, have a lot to work with. Let\\u2019s look at the raw materials on Mars that missions can use to live off the land and the techniques and technologies that will need to be developed to make this possible.
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