Caltech reactor could convert CO2 into breathable oxygen for space trips

Although oxygen is common throughout the cosmos, most of it isn't in the form that we as humans need to breathe – molecular oxygen, or O₂. Now, researchers at Caltech claim to have created a reactor that can turn carbon dioxide into molecular oxygen, which could help us fight climate change here on Earth or generate oxygen for life in space.

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Category: Science

Tags:

• Astronauts
• Caltech
• Carbon Dioxide
• Mars
• Oxygen
• Space Travel

from New Atlas (Gizmag) http://bit.ly/2ECjVjM