{"652102":{"#nid":"652102","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Microbes Might Make It Easier to Produce Rocket Fuel on Mars","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENew\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-021-26393-7\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eresearch\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;published in Nature Communications estimates a cost of $8 billion to ship the required 30 tons of methane and liquid oxygen to Mars to use as fuel\u0026nbsp;for a single launch with a 500-ton payload.\u0026nbsp;With financial support from NASA\u0026rsquo;s Innovative Advanced Concepts program, the authors of the new paper have come up with a very different solution, in which key ingredients needed to produce the propellent can be sourced directly on the Red Planet. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/peralta-yahya\/pamela\u0022\u003EPamela Peralta-Yahya,\u003C\/a\u003E associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E, is a co-author of the study. The research was also covered at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.space.com\/mars-rocket-fuel-from-microbes\u0022\u003ESpace.com\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/futurism.com\/the-byte\/microbes-rocket-fuel-mars\u0022\u003EFuturism.com\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.slashgear.com\/researchers-develop-a-concept-to-make-rocket-fuel-on-mars-26696633\/\u0022\u003ESlashGear\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-10132291\/Bacteria-grown-Mars-turned-rocket-fuel-save-NASA-8-BILLION.html\u0022\u003EDaily Mail\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/weather.com\/en-IN\/india\/space\/news\/2021-10-28-martian-rocket-fuel-using-microbes-on-red-planet\u0022\u003EThe Weather Channel\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.universetoday.com\/153158\/bacteria-could-make-rocket-fuel-on-mars\/\u0022\u003EUniverse Today\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/equilibrium-sustainability\/579024-equilibrium-sustainability\u0022\u003EThe Hill,\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/newatlas.com\/space\/bacteria-rocket-fuel-oxygen-martian-atmosphere\/\u0022\u003ENew Atlas\u003C\/a\u003E, \u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/natural-resources-on-mars-could-produce-rocket-fuel-say-researchers\u0022\u003EIGN.com\u003C\/a\u003E, and\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.sciencetimes.com\/articles\/34247\/20211030\/scientists-experimenting-turning-greenhouse-gases-rocket-fuel-mars-help-ease.htm\u0022\u003E The Science Times\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-10-26 19:58:02","changed_gmt":"2021-11-03 14:14:17","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/microbes-might-make-it-easier-to-produce-rocket-fuel-on-1847931608","dateline":{"date":"2021-10-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-10-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"}],"categories":[{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166928","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"},{"id":"94301","name":"Pamela Peralta-Yahya"},{"id":"7057","name":"Mars"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}