Mars

A peek into the future of refueling on Mars

by JoAnna Wendel
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Elon Musk aims to establish a settlement on Mars by 2050. From there, astronauts can travel to Earth, or even further out in the solar system.

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But this all depends on harnessing Mars’s resource to create fuel — we can’t bring it all from Earth.

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