Chinese space station uses very advanced technology in its life support. The life-support system generates 100 % of the needed oxygen and 95 % of the water recycled in that station. This kind of experiment with a closed carbon dioxide and oxygen cycle. Along with an almost closed water cycle is impressive.
Using that new life-support system, China can decrease the needed cargo payload to that space station every year by six tons. And that thing decreases the costs of that space station. But there is another thing that makes this kind of technology interesting. Resource recycling systems must use in the Mars flights.
"Stock photo: An illustration of Chinese Tiangong Space Station". (InterstingEngineering.com/China claims its Space Station has achieved 100% oxygen regeneration in orbit)
The technology tested in the Chinese Tiangong-station can use in Mars flights and Moon and Mars stations.
Long-term spaceflight to the red planet requires systems that can recycle at least oxygen and water. The same systems, that are in use in the Chinese Tiangong-station can use on Moon and other more futuristic space stations. The Moon station can use to test technology that will use in space flights to other planets like Mars and the asteroid belt.
The problem is that the Moon requires a magnetic field that protects the space stations. Moon would also be an excellent place for hunting the Helium 3 from the Moon's rocks. That moon station will separate Helium on Moon and then send it to Earth by using the magnetic railgun. The fact is that the Moon itself must not be mine.
In some visions, the Moon's nucleus will put a generator that creates an artificial magnetic field around the Moon.
Because if the moon turns too light. That affects tidal water on Earth. Moon stations may use to generate antimatter. Antimatter can be created in tanks covered by using a thin gold layer. When electrons hit the gold layer, that gold layer turns them into anti-electrons. And the magnetic field will keep those antimatter particles away from the walls of that tank. So if there is an artificial magnetic field the colonists must just open that magnetic field so that solar wind will affect the surface of the moon.
In some futuristic models, the Moon's nucleus will put the generator that is rotating by using electric engines. Those electric engines will get their energy from solar panels. And that generator will create the artificial magnetic field for the moon. The purpose of that magnetic field is to push solar wind out from the Moon's surface. That kind of system can protect crews from cosmic radiation.
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/china-space-station-achieved-100-oxygen-regeneration
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