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NASA Offers Reward for Extracting O2 from Moondust

Posted by timothy on from the what-about-non-breathable-air dept.

DoubleWhopper writes "Break out the duct tape and paper clips. NASA has announced a $250,000 reward to the "first team of scientists to invent a way to extract breathable oxygen from lunar soil". Wired reports, "Inventors who attempt the Moon Regolith Oxygen (or MoonROx) challenge will have just eight hours to extract at least 11 pounds of breathable oxygen from a simulated form of lunar soil.""

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  1. i've got something in my pocket, for you by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    why don't you reach inside, and see what it is?

  2. Re:Quantities... by MoonBuggy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why, exactly, do you consider me an asshole?

    I fully admit that I want something for nothing (or close enough). I am well aware that people aren't too excited about signing up for random stuff so I offer a small incentive. Assuming that the original AC wasn't trolling, there appears to have been a misunderstanding which I'm happy to resolve via email.

    What have I done wrong here?

  3. step 1 by rocketfairy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Step 1: Switch to the metric system.