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Chinese scientists create powerful catalyst to turn air on Mars into rocket fuel

· By Ling Xin
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Chinese space scientists are working out how future astronauts on Mars could make their own fuel out of thin air, a sign that Beijing is serious about one day sending people to the red planet. A team at the state-funded Deep Space Exploration Laboratory in Hefei has developed a catalyst that turns carbon dioxide – w…

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