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Let's pick some plausible numbers and work it out: Assume that you breathe 18 times per minute, you inhale 2 liters of air with each breath, and air is 18% oxygen. (18/minute) times (2 liters) times (18%) times (60 minutes/hour) times (24 hours/day) times (365 days/year) = 9,696 liters of pure oxygen, at standard atmospheric pressure. If you're not a metric person, picture this as roughly the size of 2,500 1-gallon milk-jugs. For extended space missions, it's unlikely that the total oxygen requirements for a crew of several people will all be carried aboard at launch. It'll be essential to re-cycle the used gasses on board the spacecraft.

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