NASA Awards First Prize in Phase 2 of Agency’s LunaRecycle Challenge
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NASA named a Massachusetts Institute of Technology team as the first prize winner of Phase 2 of the agency's LunaRecycle Challenge, which sought solutions for recycling waste materials like fabrics, plastics, foam, and metals during Moon or deep space missions. The team, called CERBERUZ, received $775,000 in awards for technology that grinds mixed trash into a fine powder.
NASA named a team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as the first prize winner for Phase 2 of the agency’s LunaRecycle Challenge, which focused on developing solutions for reducing waste during missions to the Moon or deep space by recycling common materials, like fabrics, plastics, foam, and metals. The Composites for Extraterrestrial Recycling By Engineering the Reuse and Upcycling of Zotek (CERBERUZ) team, comprised of undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students at MIT, received a total of $775,000 in awards. The technology grinds mixed trash into a fine powder, […]
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