WATER OF MARSEXTRACTING THE PRECIOUS RESOURCE ON THE RED PLANET

AKA: HYDROGEN MONOXIDE

WATER EXTRACTION

• ATMOSPHERIC EXTRACTION

• COLLECTION OF WATER VAPORS FROM ATMOSPHERE

• ICE MINING

• ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED HERE ON EARTH

• READILY RELIABLE

• HYDRATED MINERAL EXTRACTION

• LIKELY THE MOST ABUNDANT RESOURCE FOR WATER.

ATMOSPHERIC WATER

• WATER VAPOR ADSORPTION REACTOR (WAVAR)• USES ZEOLITE 3A: MICROPOROUS NATURALLY OCCURRING

TETRAHEDRAL STRUCTURE OF ALUMINO-SILICATE NETWORK FOR EXTRACTING WATER

• ZEOLITE IS THEN HEATED VIA MICROWAVE, UNWANTED MATERIAL DISPOSED, WATER COLLECTED AND STORED FOR USE.

• BENEFITS: CAN BE SET UP AND USED ANYWHERE. ZEOLITE MATERIAL EASILY OBTAINABLE.

• DOWNSIDE: MONITORING ZEOLITE, CONSUMES GENEROUS POWER.

ICE MINING• THEORIZED FORMATION: DEBRIS/SUBLIMATION, FIRN

LAYER, ICE LAYER

• DIFFICULT TO LOCATE EXACT PARAMETERS

ICE MINING (CONT.)

• METHODS ALREADY EXIST HERE ON EARTH

• DRILL TO ICE

• HEAT SOURCE (SEPARATE OR PART OF DRILL)

• MELT AND EVAPORATE ICE

• COLLECT, COOL, AND CONDENSE FOR STORAGE

HYDRATED MINERALS• SIMILAR TO ICE MINING,

• READILY AVAILABLE ON THE SURFACE

• THEORIZED TO BE PRESENT ALL AROUND MARS, NOT LIMITED TO EQUATOR

• DOWNSIDE: MORE ENERGY COST (LESS WATER THAN ICE)

• MINING FOR RESOURCES

• SAMPLES PRESENT INCLUDE• PHYLLOSILICATES

• OPALINE SILICA

• CONCERNS• DISFAVORED TO ICE MINING

REFERENCE• HTTPS://WWW.NASA.GOV/SITES/DEFAULT/FILES/ATOMS/FILES/MARS_ICE_DRILLING_ASSESSMENT_V6_FOR_

PUBLIC_RELEASE.PDF

• HTTP://WWW.LPI.USRA.EDU/PUBLICATIONS/REPORTS/CB-955/WASHINGTON.PDF

• HTTPS://PUBS.USGS.GOV/IMAP/I2782/I2782_SH1.PDF

• HTTP://ONLINELIBRARY.WILEY.COM/DOI/10.1029/2012JE004145/FULL

• HTTP://SCIENCE.SCIENCEMAG.ORG/CONTENT/278/5344/1771.1.FULL

• HTTP://WWW.MINSOCAM.ORG/AMMIN/AM67/AM67_510.PDF

• HTTP://WWW.UAPRESS.ARIZONA.EDU/ONLINEBKS/RESOURCESNEAREARTHSPACE/RESOURCES27.PDF

• HTTP://WWW.TULANE.EDU/~SANELSON/EENS211/PHYLLOSILICATES.HTM

• HTTP://ONLINELIBRARY.WILEY.COM/DOI/10.1029/2010JE003767/FULL

• HTTP://WWW.PLANETARY.BROWN.EDU/PDFS/3760.PDF