{"id":11552,"date":"2022-05-29T08:00:43","date_gmt":"2022-05-29T08:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1387583"},"modified":"2022-05-29T08:00:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-29T08:00:43","slug":"could-people-breathe-the-air-on-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=11552","title":{"rendered":"Could people breathe the air on\u00a0Mars?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Let\u2019s suppose you were an astronaut who just landed on the planet Mars<\/a>. What would you need to survive?<\/p>\n

For starters, here\u2019s a short list: Water, food, shelter \u2013 and oxygen.<\/p>\n

Oxygen is in the air we breathe here on Earth. Plants and some kinds of bacteria provide it for us.<\/p>\n

But oxygen is not the only gas in the Earth\u2019s atmosphere. It\u2019s not even the most abundant. In fact, only 21% of our air is made up of oxygen. Almost all the rest is nitrogen \u2013 about 78%.<\/p>\n

Now you might be wondering: If there\u2019s more nitrogen in the air, why do we breathe oxygen?<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how it works: Technically, when you breathe in, you take in everything that\u2019s in the atmosphere. But your body uses only the oxygen; you get rid of the rest when you exhale.<\/p>\n

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