From Andre de Guerin
Reading the article on titanium extraction
(30 June, p 44), I was very
impressed that this method could allow titanium to be mass-produced.
Interestingly, it generates oxygen as a by-product. Could this process be
used to produce building materials and oxygen on future missions to Mars or
other planets? It would certainly be a novel use of the technology, which would
save on payload and therefore cut costs.
Guernsey
