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Chinese Astronauts Create Rocket Fuel in Space Using "Artificial Photosynthesis"
Buy-n-Shoot NewsBreathing New Air Chinese astronauts claim to have created rocket fuel on board the country's Tiangong space station using a new process dubbed "artificial photosynthesis." As the South China Morning Post reports, the current Shenzhou-19 crowd produced the necessary ingredients of rocket fuel, including oxygen. The team used semiconductor catalysts to turn carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and ethylene, a hydrocarbon commonly used to produce spacecraft propellants, according to the SCMP. "This technology mimics the natural photosynthesis process of green plants through engineered physical and chemical methods, utilizing carbon dioxide resources in confined spaces or extraterrestrial atmospheres to produce […]
