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FUEL STORE: A New Era of Energy
AIRMADE™ on Mars: Visualizing the Future of Fuel Beyond Earth
AIR&D
AIRMADE™ on Mars: Visualizing the Future of Fuel Beyond Earth
Through our AIR&D engine, we collaborate with government and commercial partners to validate
our processes, subject them to rigorous testing in challenging environments, and demonstrate
their potential for scalability and impact.
AIR&D has always been about anticipating what’s next—designing technology, processes,
and products to address today's challenges while keeping our eyes on the future.
And that future includes Mars.
Why Mars?
The Martian atmosphere is primarily composed of CO2 (approximately 95%), making it an ideal environment for a technology like ours. Enter our partnership with NASA. Together, we’re studying our CO2-derived rocket fuel, AIRMADE® Rocket Fuel, analyzing its freezing behavior, thermal stability, and handling in extreme conditions.
Naturally, this work led us to ask ourselves:
“What would our technology look like on Mars?”
That question became the premise for our latest AIR&D visualization. Working in collaboration with creative agency Tomorrow Bureau, we set out to immerse viewers on the surface of Mars—looking out through the heads-up display (HUD) of their helmet at an AIRCO facility equipped with carbon capture units, CO2 storage tanks, the AIRMADE™ System, and fuel reserves. The experience even takes viewers inside the facility, as if they were operators stationed on Mars.
These visualizations aren’t pure science fiction. They’re grounded in real, existing science and the processes that our AIR&D engineers and scientists work on every day. From the setup of our technology to the readouts on the monitors—even down to the hazard tape on the floor—every detail was considered. Working with Tomorrow Bureau allowed us to translate chemistry and systems engineering into something tactile and inspiring.
Process
This work marks the first in a new AIR&D storytelling series—where the boundary between science and design becomes a testbed for what’s possible. Because before you can build the future, you have to be able to see it.
