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By A.J. Roan
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NASA Break the Ice Challenge winners

Awards share of $500,000 prize for 13 winning participants Metal Tech News – August 25, 2021

 

Last updated 7/12/2022 at 12:40pm

Redwire Space NASA Break the Ice Challenge winner rover space mining Moon

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Pictured is an example of the L-Rex excavator driving off the L-Tran material transport.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Aug. 18 announced the winners of its Break the Ice Lunar Challenge, which is incentivizing new approaches for excavating resources on the Moon and beyond.

As NASA prepares to go to the Moon with the Artemis program, in-situ resource utilization is of paramount importance, as current methods of rocketing Earth resources into space are too costly....



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