Sabatier/Water Electrolysis Process
The Sabatier reaction will be used to convert Hydrogen shipped from Earth or processed from Marsian water-ice and Carbondioxide from the Marsian atmosphere to create methane for use as a fuel and water, which can be converted to Hydrogen. This fuel will generate more thrust per unit mass than hydrogen.
- CO2 + 4H2 → CH4 + 2H2O