Fluids behave very differently in space. We can make good use of it. For example, a recent NIAC grant was awarded to investigate a Magnetohydrodynamic Drive for Hydrogen and Oxygen Production in Mars Transfer. This is a system that should provide breathing oxygen for a journey to Mars made out of water with no moving parts in it.

Guest: Dr Alvaro RomeroCalvo
https://ae.gatech.edu/directory/perso...

More about the NIAC project:
https://www.nasa.gov/general/magnetoh...

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00:00 Intro
01:39 Water in space
09:18 The NIAC project
28:31 Nightmares in space
35:56 Propulsion
44:19 Current obsessions
51:53 Final thoughts

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