The creation of immigration areas on Mars is a target that billionaires, spatial agencies and researchers strive for. However, for construction, materials are necessary, transportation from their Earth is impossible. For example, sending a Rover Persevrance to Mars costs 243 million dollars of NASA.
Dr. Deddy Nababan from Swinburn University (Australia) has proposed one of the decisions. He studied the Mars Regolith. He and his colleagues conducted experiments with the imitation of the red planet. The results were published in Acta Astronautica magazine.
The imitation of Mars is treated in a special chamber under the same pressure as the pressure on the surface of Mars and heats it to high temperatures. This allows iron to obtain almost pure iron at a temperature of about 1000 ° C. At a temperature of 1,400 ° C, the brain iron alloy is formed.
The metals that have merged into a drop of water can be separated from slag, as they made on the ground, the scientist explained.
The allocation obtained on the planet can be used to build population, cars and other needs.
We need to understand how these alloys will operate over time, and of course, we can regenerate this process on the actual surface of Mars, but the process is clear, he added.
Dr. Nababan is sure that their work results will benefit not only for space research, but also to improve metallurgy on Earth.