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Can we make food from CO2? On Mars?

AIR COMPANY aims to recycle CO2 into usable products, including protein for Mars astronauts
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AIR COMPANY aims to recycle CO2 into usable products, including protein for Mars astronauts

Carbon dioxide is generally a bad thing when it comes to space travel. But what if you could harness it for good?

One company is planning to do just that, and is taking technology it developed here on Earth to transform C02 into things like hand sanitizer and jet fuel and turn it into food for Mars-bound astronauts.

We’ll hear from AIR COMPANY's co-founder and CTO Stafford Sheehan about the technology and its application for Mars.

Then, veteran astronaut Terry Virts is out with a new book, answering all sorts of questions about space travel like can you play video games from orbit? We’ll talk with Virts about his new book The Astronaut’s Guide to Leaving the Planet.

Brendan Byrne is WMFE's Assistant News Director, managing the day-to-day operations of the WMFE newsroom, editing daily news stories, and managing WMFE's internship program.<br/><br/>Byrne also hosts WMFE's weekly radio show and podcast "Are We There Yet?" which explores human space exploration.
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