TESTING THE MARS 2020 OXYGEN IN-SITU RESOURCE UTILIZATION EXPERIMENT (MOXIE) HEPA FILTER AND SCROLL PUMP IN SIMULATED MARS CONDITIONS
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Suspended dust at typical background levels is unlikely to produce a problematic pressure drop during the operational lifetime of MOXIE (~30 hours), with margin to ~300 hours. Long-duration testing could investigate dust ingestion due to random wind effects, dust devils and storms.