The OHB spacecraft is being built together with Israel Aerospace Industries based on the experience gained in the Genesis project and is planned to carry out a series of tests and fly unique payloads to the moon for the European Space Agency, companies in Europe and around the world
An Israeli-German agreement to conduct an oxygen production experiment on the lunar soil was signed in Germany between the OHB company and the Israeli Helios company, which operates with the support of the Israel Space Agency. Helios is developing technology for the production of oxygen and metal from the sand of the moon and other planets to overcome one of the significant challenges in maintaining future colonies outside of Earth.
The OHB spacecraft is being built together with Israel Aerospace Industries based on the experience gained in the Genesis project and is planned to carry out a series of tests and fly unique payloads to the moon for the European Space Agency, companies in Europe and around the world.
It is very expensive to bring oxygen from the earth
"Oxygen is one of the most significant and heavy components in spaceflight, over 60% of the rocket's weight at launch," says Yonatan Geifman, CEO of Helios. "A spacecraft to the moon is expected to consume hundreds of tons of oxygen for the combustion of the rocket engines and for the human use of the astronauts. Close to half of the mass of the soil on the moon is made of oxygen that can be produced on the spot without the need to fly it from the earth and thus significantly reduce the costs of flying in the future and reduce the dependence on the delivery of raw materials from the earth. Success in producing oxygen on the moon is the key to human development outside of Earth and a dramatic reduction in the costs of space exploration."
The creation of the materials is done in a process of electrolysis which breaks down the minerals and oxides that make up the sand into iron oxide and silicon. Helios' technology, which it develops in its laboratories in Israel, has many applications also on earth in the production of iron and silicon in an environmentally friendly process that can reduce over 10% of all greenhouse gas emissions in the world.
"Establishing a permanent base on the moon requires broad international cooperation," says Brigadier General (Res.) Uri Oron, CEO of the Israel Space Agency. "The Helios company is an example of a company that will become a major global player in efforts to return to the moon. We welcome the tripartite cooperation between the two companies together with the aerospace industry, which expresses the strong technological ties between Israel and Germany and the ability of cross-border cooperation to bring about scientific breakthroughs."
Helios is an Israeli company that was established in 2018 with the support of the Israel Space Agency, the Ministry of Energy and the Innovation Authority. The company's vision is to enable a sustainable existence on Earth and beyond. The company has several technological developments, which include the production of oxygen from lunar sand and the production of silicon and steel without the emission of greenhouse gases on Earth.
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I don't understand, there are two identical articles here, both the picture and the headlines are the same, "An Israeli-German agreement was signed to produce oxygen on the lunar soil", and also "An Israeli-Japanese agreement was signed to produce oxygen on the lunar soil", so who did we sign with? Thanks
Totally makes sense. The Germans have a lot of experience in the production of gas
Well done, great achievement!
Odelia, you are right...
But every holography has an entrance and an exit.
There is a special area that allows you to enter us.
The area is already known.
Just need a real spaceship from another location to get here.
And not through teleportation..
Physically never…
So expect Nazi werewolves on the moon?
And my name is Bruce, Bruce Lee?????
Oxygen for the moon? Stop working on us. This is the hologram of the country. Answer that, look out over the whole world. Your drawings never stop. Beyond that, the dome of the sky is rigid and there is no going out and no going in.
Oh how ironic.. that the Germans will produce oxygen? What the Jews lacked in the gas chambers