There have been astronauts on it for 5 or six months. There are plans to expand it from where it is today and this should be completed in 3 or 4 more years. The same thing that is on the light side of the month, a lot of moon rocks and dust. Would a jet engine be good for a Mars airplane No, because a jet engine must breath oxygen from the air that flows through it. Mars has no oxygen.
All combustion requires an oxidizer, which is the air flowing through the engine.
A rocket carries it own oxygen. No, because a jet engine must breath oxygen from the air that flows through it. Mars has no oxygen. All combustion requires an oxidizer, which is the air flowing through the engine. A rocket carries it own oxygen.