2024-08-24
How hydrogen could change the future of space exploration
Two Japanese companies have teamed up to achieve one big goal: producing hydrogen on the moon. Takasago Thermal Engineering has designed a mini electrolyzer that can adapt to low gravity and endure a rocket’s intense vibrations during liftoff. Once in space, the hydrogen-making machine will be operated remotely from ispace’s Mission Control Center in Tokyo. “We started to study…