SciShow Space: This Reaction Could Let Us Live on Mars

Teacher or professor: SciShow Space
Subject: Astronomy, Astronautics, Astrophysics
Content of the Lesson: Thanks to LEGO City Space for helping us envision life on Mars! Go to http://lego.build/CITYSpace to start your next space adventure. There is a chemical reaction discovered a century ago that could be the key to creating everything from fuel to shelter on Mars! Host: Caitlin Hofmeister SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/robotic-exploration/how-nasa-will-use-robots-to-create-rocket-fuel-from-martian-soil https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20120001775.pdf https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1912/summary/ https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/ceb1bbee6cc36730e26a3890a998c2d73e4ef9d8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41929-019-0244-4 https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/marsfact.html http://www.ehs.ufl.edu/programs/lab/cryogens/hydrogen/ https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/index.php?page=natural_gas_home https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20120016419.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20160611083349/http://seradata.com/SSI/2012/11/musk_goes_for_methane-burning/ https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2000/ast13nov_1/ https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b02110 https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/Ethylene%201%20TR%202007.pdf https://www.acplasticsinc.com/informationcenter/r/7-different-types-of-plastic-and-how-they-are-used https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/mars_radiation_environment_nac_july_2017_final.pdf https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/real-martians-how-to-protect-astronauts-from-space-radiation-on-mars ------- Images: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA23140 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mars_atmosphere.jpg https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/information-poster-is-written-the-first-colonies-gm1159410181-317014826 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/flyer-exploration-mars-lettering-flat-cartoon-gm1157087040-315599298 https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/sabatier.html https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/22405/curiosity-surveys-the-clay-bearing-unit/ https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/22530/first-humans-on-mars/


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