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Real World: Using Lunar Reactors [Archived]

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Find out how NASA scientists, like explorers of old, plan to use the natural resources of new worlds to provide life-sustaining materials for the astronauts. During tests in Hawaii, scientists practice extracting oxygen from the lunar-like soil. [Archived 2014 - Not all missions make it from design to launch. These archived videos describe missions that that would have taken humans back to the moon and unmanned aerial vehicles to Mars. While the actual missions were aborted, the technology and science behind the missions pushed innovation to new levels.]

Published on: September 11, 2009

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NASA; Real World; NASA eClips; moon; outpost; reactors; oxygen; natural resources; insitu, explorers, water, Tom Simon, Larry Clark, NIA, RealWorld, Middle School, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, STEM, Education, Video, robots, CCSS-M, MP2,
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