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The Times UK – Metalysis has won a contract to Extract Oxygen from Rocks on the Moon.

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"A British company has won a contract to extract oxygen from rocks on the moon. Metalysis in Rotherham, which extracts metals from metal oxides trapped within minerals for the electronics, aviation and automotive industries, has been granted a contract worth about £250,000 by the European Space Agency (ESA) to adapt its technique to moon rock." Read more from The Times...
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Metalysis Awarded European Space Agency Development Contract for its FFC Process

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Metalysis, the end to end manufacturer of premium, solid-state metal and alloy powders, has been awarded European Space Agency (ESA) funding, contract number 4000131940, for its project titled, “The Metalysis FFC Process for Extra-Terrestrial Oxygen Production from ISRU,” which forms part of ESA’s Space Resources Strategy and carried out under the General Support Technology Programme of, and funded by, the...
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Oxygen & Metal from Lunar Regolith

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This article originally appeared on The European Space Agency’s website here On the left side of this before and after image is a pile of simulated lunar soil, or regolith; on the right is the same pile after essentially all the oxygen has been extracted from it, leaving a mixture of metal alloys. Both the oxygen and metal could be…

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