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| − | **carbonates, calcium carbonate | + | **carbonates, calcium carbonate, siderite <ref>https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-curiosity-rover-may-have-solved-mars-missing-carbonate-mystery/</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 08:12, 26 July 2025
Natural Resources are vital for long term manned missions and even more for autonomous colonies.
Martian resources are transformed into products using processes in a concept known as In-Situ resource utilization (ISRU). Mars provides a number of important resources from various sources:
Contents
Atmosphere
Lithosphere
- Water
- Minerals
- Silicates: Silica
- sulfates: copper sulfide
- oxides: Iron ore, Phosphates, Alumina
- carbonates, calcium carbonate, siderite [1]
Energy
