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Lunar Regolith Electrolysis — ISRU Oxygen Reactor

Interactive molten regolith electrolysis reactor: heat lunar regolith past 1600°C into a molten pool, drive an electrolysis current through it to split oxide bonds, and watch oxygen bubbles rise and metal alloy separate — with a live cost comparison against launching the same oxygen from Earth.

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Details

CategorySpace & Astronomy

RenderingThree.js · WebGL

DifficultyModerate

Target FPS60

ControlsHeating power slider (0-100%) drives chamber temperature toward melting; Electrolysis current slider (0-100%) only produces oxygen once the regolith is molten; Crew size slider (1-12) sets the astronaut count used for the breathable-air conversion; Reset reactor restores defaults.

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A cutaway view of an in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) reactor: regolith dust is heated past ~1600°C into a molten pool, then an electrolysis current splits its oxide bonds — oxygen bubbles rise into a collection tank while a denser metal alloy separates and settles below. Adjust heating power and electrolysis current to watch the state transition, and track cumulative oxygen collected against the enormous cost of launching the same mass from Earth.

⚙ Under the hood

Heat lunar regolith past 1600°C into a molten pool in a cutaway ISRU reactor, then drive an electrolysis current through it to split oxide bonds — watch oxygen bubbles rise into a collection tank and metal alloy separate at the bottom, with a live cost comparison against launching the same oxygen mass from Earth.

Three.jsISRUlunar regolithmolten oxide electrolysisoxygen extractionspace resources

3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install