what are the best ways for mass production of oxygen on moon?

Answer 1

There are many ways that have been studied since 1969. One.. only one is the possible yield of oxygen from lunar soils but this is strongly dependent on the Fe content found there... this, of course, would have to be in conjunction with high temperature hydrogen..

Another would be by using lunar glass as a source of/for oxygen.
The release of oxygen from lunar volcanic glass is quite rapid and temperature dependent.

There are also studies going on with the thinking that carbon compounds can also be used to extract oxygen from lunar materials.

And another interesting concept is that oxygen can be produced or derived from the molten silicate process..The Fluxed Molten Silicate Process can produce oxygen more efficiently at lower temperatures

Answer 2

Actually, there "might" be some water in some craters that never have any sunlight near the poles. The water can then be used to be split through electrolisis and create hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen could then be used as fuel and the oxygen used for breathing.

Another method to get oxygen from the soil, but far less efficient or abundant is from the soil (also called regolith). In one NASA proposal, the plan is to place some rovers on the moon that would heat up the soil so hot that a thin layer of it becomes like glass. During this process the rover would add a very small amount of different elements and would create a crude solar cell to generate electricity. The by product from the heating can create some offgasing of oxygen. These rovers would simply drive along and create large fields of solar arrays and collect some oxygen along the way. And should the solar array need to be destroyed, simply driving over the very thin glass will break it apart back into plain old regolith.

If you would like more information on any of this, feel free to write me.

Answer 3

Why mass produce oxygen on the moon if your just going to lose it in the vacuum of space? Also you do realize that our moon does not have an atmosphere and the only way to store oxygen would be in Giant tanks which might have leaks. It may be a smart idea to make an atmosphere out of glass or another clear material and attach to the walls of a crater like a Bubble.

Answer 4

it is tough for the scientists to get oxygen to the moon as earth would then face its scarcity. I belive that setting up of oxygen in the moon reqires the following steps-
1)start with sending carbon-di-oxide to it. Earth has no scarcity of it.
2)Once the level of CO2 gets good,soil with huge quantities of water, K, and humus is to be sent and plants need to be sown. Remember that these plants have to be leguminous. They wont give out much oxygen but will enrich the moon's surface.
3)Then its the time to plant trees which will give oxygen.
But a few factors are their bcause of which this operation will not be possible-
1)it requires lot of capital in transportation (the moon's a bit far away you know).
2)the moon has only a thin neglegible atmosphere. So all oxygen evolved will be eventually thrown back to space

Answer 5

Well You dont have to worry about it .
They say that through scientific evidense that there are huge ICE caps in the poles of mars and so it just a matter of heaing those ice caps and the jobs is done . and then we could follow it up with planting of trees , there by converting the carbon - di - oxide to the oxygen . these are some of the feasible ways of producing oxygen on the moon

Answer 6

Transfer all this extra CO2 from the Earth to the Moon. Then plant some grass, plants, and trees on the moon. There you go, oxygen.

Answer 7

Want work in the sunlight any gas's is heated to the point that the molecules can obtain escape velocity.When the astronauts fired there rockets to lift off in increased the atmosphere on the moon a 1000 times but it was very short lived.

Answer 8

the moon is tough, as there's no water there.
But Mars is a different story. If you've got water, and electricity (from solar power), you can separate the O2 and H. Use the O2 to breathe, and the H2 as fuel to get back home. Of course, you need Oxygen to get back home as well.

I' dont' think humans can breathe pure O2, can we? Air is 80% Nitrogen.

Answer 9

hmmm..
good question..
well, its becoz of people like u that technology has taken new heights..
today a normal man/woman like u has given it a thought and one day it will be considerd at NASA..
im impressed..

but for the solutiuon, ull have to wait till someone as thoughtfull as u reads, or to put it in better words, consider the situation and give a decent solution to it..
so wait till the angel strikes and untill then you bother about oxygen on earth and plant more and more trees..

so keep breathing before its toooo late..
cheers..!!

Answer 10

running a big pipe to the moon - its the only way you will get oxygen there, 'you cant make oxygen out of thin air'...hehe