In a first, scientists want to turn Martian soil and air into iron - Interesting Engineering

A new study has suggested that Martian air and soil could actually be turned into iron using little more than sunlight.

The team behind the study worked on a method that would use cleaned-up Martian air, dirt, and sunshine to produce metallic iron. Such a process would generate carbon through the cooling of CO gas, as… [+1678 chars]

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