2006-07-06 04:16:16 · 4 answers · asked by The "Spence" 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
If you want to know HOW it works, refer above answers.
But, MARS ALREADY HAS O2, even above what is required.What it lacks is CO2!!!
2006-07-06 04:35:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 7⤋
O2 is filtered out of the air through a device and vaccuumed into a cylinder at a high pressure. Same principle as any other air tank. Without a Bio-dome like building, it would take an infinite amount of O2 on Mars. Let's not forget that pure O2 is lethal, it has be in the right proportions with other gases.
2006-07-06 04:23:30 · answer #2 · answered by interested 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would take quite a bit and it's not just an O2 machine that is needed. what it would take is for us to melt the polar ice caps on mars, thereby making oceans and seas, after that we would have to build factories that would produce green house gases thereby making an ozone so that we could make rain and eventually there would be enough oxygen in the atmosphere and on the planet to support life.
2006-07-06 04:20:44 · answer #3 · answered by ithek_thundervoice 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An O-2 machine in a clinical setting works by liquifying air--compressing and cooling. The various constituents of liquid air boil off differentially--partial distillation.
Oxygen is the first gas to boil off but a portion of nitrogen comes with it. For oxygen enrichment, for a patient, it doesn't have to be pure oxygen--augmented oxygen gets the job done.
2006-07-06 04:26:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋