In 5 earth days of operation (1/3 of a lunar day), the Mark-II miner would generate enough water which, when electrolized in a 250 kWe fixed solar array at the base camp, would provide enough H2 and O2 to keep the system running(during the lunar day) indefinitely. See Kulcinski et al., 1996.

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