NASA Wants to Make Mars Less Toxic with this Clever Idea

NASA Wants to Make Mars Less Toxic with this Clever Idea

Mars is full of toxic perchlorates that can be very harmful for future human missions. So, when people go to Mars, they will need to fix it. NASA has awarded a NIAC grant for a project that can help solving this problem. It’s called Detoxifying Mars: the biocatalytic elimination of omnipresent perchlorates. 00:00 Intro 02:31 Perchlorates on Mars 10:48 The NIAC proposal 35:09 What’s next 49:18 Current obsessions 53:35 Final thoughts Credit to : Fraser Cain