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How to turn most of the CO2 an astronaut exhales into fresh oxygen


A chemical reaction that recycles carbon dioxide into fresh oxygen could provide more sustainable life support for astronauts on the moon or Mars – and as a bonus, it also produces carbon nanotubes

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