<p>I guess we will need to take our lunch to Mars for some time before we are able to produce food there! But do we need to take a saltshaker too?</p>
<p>Can we extract editable salt from the crust of Mars, Moon, Titan or Europa?</p>

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2021-02-12T03:40:32.127Z
If your question is about extraction of one salt from a mixture of salts, it's not about Astronomy. If you'd like to ask how much sodium and chloride are in salts found on these bodies, that would be on-topic.
uhoh
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2021-02-12T06:11:55.000Z
The principle elemental abundance is not that different, the actual chemistry is. so you likely will have to crack Regolith and create you salt from that
planetmaker
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2021-02-12T09:59:17.410Z
The question seems a more appropriate fit to https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/
B--rian
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2021-02-12T11:14:01.923Z
@B--rian Indeed, there's both a salt on Mars and a rust on the Moon question there: [Which “exotic salt” can lower water's freezing point by 70 °C?](https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/q/114837/16035) and [Why and how is rust forming on moon?](https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/q/139987/16035)
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Can I refill my saltshaker on Mars?
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# Can I refill my saltshaker on Mars?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-02-12)

I guess we will need to take our lunch to Mars for some time before we are able to produce food there! But do we need to take a saltshaker too?

Can we extract editable salt from the crust of Mars, Moon, Titan or Europa?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: If your question is about extraction of one salt from a mixture of salts, it's not about Astronomy. If you'd like to ask how much sodium and chloride are in salts found on these bodies, that would be on-topic.  
> **username_2**: The principle elemental abundance is not that different, the actual chemistry is. so you likely will have to crack Regolith and create you salt from that  
> **username_3**: The question seems a more appropriate fit to https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/  
> **username_1**: @username_3 Indeed, there's both a salt on Mars and a rust on the Moon question there: [Which “exotic salt” can lower water's freezing point by 70 °C?](https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/q/114837/16035) and [Why and how is rust forming on moon?](https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/q/139987/16035)  

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