through the conversion of Martian atmosphere (∼ 96% CO 2, 2% N 2, and 2% Ar) into life-
sustaining chemicals. As the Martian surface pressure is about 1% of the Earth's surface
pressure, it is an ideal environment for plasma-based gas conversion using microwave
reactors. At 1000 W and 10 Ln/min (normal liters per minute), we produced∼ 76 g/h of O 2
and∼ 3 g/h of NO x using a 2.45 GHz waveguided reactor at 25 mbar, which is∼ 3.5 times …