[Interview] Fluids Get Really Weird In Space. NIAC 2024

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Fluids behave very differently in space. We can make good use of it. For example, a recent NIAC grant was awarded to investigate a Magnetohydrodynamic Drive for Hydrogen and Oxygen Production in Mars Transfer. This is a system that should provide breathing oxygen for a journey to Mars made out of water with no moving parts in it.

🟣 Guest: Dr Alvaro Romero-Calvo
https://ae.gatech.edu/directory/person/alvaro-romero-calvo

👉 More about the NIAC project:
https://www.nasa.gov/general/magnetohydrodynamic-drive-for-hydrogen-and-oxygen-production/

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• 00:00 Intro
• 01:39 Water in space
• 09:18 The NIAC project
• 28:31 Nightmares in space
• 35:56 Propulsion
• 44:19 Current obsessions
• 51:53 Final thoughts

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