Next Big Future: NASA NIAC - two orders of magnitude mass and power...

Next Big Future: NASA NIAC - two orders of magnitude mass and power...: The abundant high-energy light in space (with wavelengths as low as 190 nm, compared to 300 nm on Earth) makes the TiO2 co-catalyst an ideal...

A 600 days Mars mission often have ECLSS that would weigh about 19 tons using chemical oxygen and CO2 scrubber systems. They then try to alter the design components to get the weight down to 4 tons. The NIAC project could bring the weight down to 200 kilograms or less.

With that weight reduction, much less mass needs to be lifted making the mission all that more feasible and cheaper.