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I'm completly noob here so plz forgive me if i post in the <br />wrong forums section while i'm learning my way around.<br /><br />Looking through nasa's website, it seems the only ideas <br />they have for recycling air requires the use of plants.<br />Although it would be nice to have food growing in space<br />when the nearest Fry's or WinnDixie is over 200,000 miles <br />away, i feel it is wrong to tie up your life support with an<br />unrepairable system. suppose the plants start lacking a <br />mineral or other compound and this causes them all to <br />perform poorly or other such situation arrises. If plants <br />die you can wait a few days for a food shipment. you can't<br />wait for air.<br /><br /><br />When seeking to convert CO2 to O2 why don't they <br />atleast experiment with creating a more mechanical and<br />dependable system. here are my 2 suggestions:<br /><br />1 - collect the CO2 from the air and heat it to 1700C.<br />This would cause it to seperate into CO and O2.<br />1700C sounds awful hot for a space ship, but for such as a<br />moon base, i don't see why it wouldn't be possiable.<br /><br />2 - Collect the CO2 from the air, pressurize it into a liquid,<br />run an electrical current through it to create C & O2. (i <br />don't know if this one works, but in theory i don't see why <br />not.)<br /><br />any info on these two teniques i'd appericate.