Real World: Using Lunar Reactors (2010)

2010 · Short film · 5 min

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Synopsis

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.

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Details

Running time

5 minutes

Language

English

Collection

NASA

Subjects on the Internet Archive

• Real World
• NASA eClips
• moon
• outpost
• reactors
• oxygen
• natural resources
• insitu

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