Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
It's too expensive to send tonnes of metals to Mars to fuel human exploration. So how will we get the metals we need?
Working with Swinburne University of Technology, we have successfully extracted iron in Mars-like conditions, using simulated Martian dirt (called regolith).
Martian metals could be used to build the habitats and equipment we need to explore the red planet.
Dig in for more: https://www.csiro.au/en/news/All/Articles/2025/August/Metals-out-of-martian-dirt
It's too expensive to send tonnes of metals to Mars to fuel human exploration. So how will we get the metals we need?
Working with Swinburne University of Technology, we have successfully extracted iron in Mars-like conditions, using simulated Martian dirt (called regolith).
Martian metals could be used to build the habitats and equipment we need to explore the red planet.
Dig in for more: https://www.csiro.au/en/news/All/Articles/2025/August/Metals-out-of-martian-dirt
