Chinese scientists create powerful catalyst to turn air on Mars into rocket fuel
Chinese space scientists are working out how future astronauts on Mars could make their own fuel out of thin air, a sign that Beijing is serious about one day sending people to the red planet. A team at the state-funded Deep Space Exploration Laboratory in Hefei has developed a catalyst that turns carbon dioxide – which makes up more than 95 per cent of the Martian atmosphere – into a liquid fuel…
Read original article on News - South China Morning Post →Related news
-
China’s next-generation KJ-3000 radar planes may have quietly entered production
War & Defense
Military
China
-
China urged to copy Pentagon’s hi-tech warfare project without US conflicts of interest
Technology
AI
China
-
The AI promise was automation. The reality? Managing digital workers
Technology
AI
Asia
-
Why Plato-to-Nato Western myth is being resurrected
International
Diplomacy
Greece
-
Pope Leo pledges return to duties following lung cancer surgery
Health
Medicine
Vatican City
-
Japan readies Martian moon mission to uncover origins of life
Science
Space
Outer Space
-
Pakistan risks deeper instability as political feud threatens counterterrorism efforts
War & Defense
Terrorism
Pakistan
-
China slams Japan’s Takaichi over Yasukuni ritual offering, warns of ‘remilitarisation’
International
Diplomacy
Japan