Timeline for How does the oxygenator in The Martian split CO2 to make O2?
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| Feb 4, 2016 at 2:29 | comment | added | davidbak | @user1027 - vents both CO and O2? Kinda makes you wonder if the totally interchangeable connectors on all the hoses are really as good an idea as Mark thinks ... | |
| Dec 24, 2015 at 9:51 | comment | added | arkon | @SJuan76 Considering vents allow you to vent the individual gasses wherever your vents lead, then yeah, I'd say it's pretty useful. | |
| Oct 6, 2015 at 20:49 | comment | added | Scott Whitlock | @SJuan76 - I think CO can be used to make syngas. Keen, thanks for reminding me of Ceramatec, since now I remember reading about their products. It's all coming back now. :) | |
| Oct 6, 2015 at 18:03 | comment | added | user1027 | @Xantec It's never mentioned in the book. Looking at the real-life NASA experiment, it is actually stripping off an Oxygen atom from CO2. Then it vents CO and O2. | |
| Oct 6, 2015 at 17:47 | comment | added | Xantec | What does it do with the carbon? | |
| Oct 6, 2015 at 17:32 | comment | added | Oldcat | with enough energy, you can rearrange molecules as you like. | |
| Oct 6, 2015 at 17:23 | comment | added | user1027 | @Kevin Tada. The answer's yes. | |
| Oct 6, 2015 at 17:22 | history | edited | user1027 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 6, 2015 at 16:46 | comment | added | Kevin | The next question is whether that would actually work. But that's a question for another site. | |
| Oct 6, 2015 at 16:43 | vote | accept | Scott Whitlock | ||
| Oct 6, 2015 at 16:37 | history | answered | user1027 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |