NASA offers $3M in competition to recycle human poop in space

€2.7 million to solve space’s stinky problem

NASA is offering a hefty €2.7 million (around £2.4 million) prize to anyone who can come up with a way to recycle human waste in space. The unusual challenge is part of the space agency’s new LunaRecycle Challenge, which invites the public to suggest technology that can deal with astronauts’ faeces, urine, and vomit, both on the Moon and during lengthy space journeys. At present… Source

How can you recycle poop in space? NASA will pay $3 million for an answer

For humanity to become a spacefaring civilization, there are a sh*t-ton of problems to solve—one of which is how to deal with our poop. Already, there are nearly 100 plastic bags of human crap on the Moon alone. To spark solutions, NASA launched the LunaRecycle Challenge, a $3 million competition "focused on the design and development of recycling solutions that can reduce solid waste and improve the sustainability of longer-term lunar missions.…

NASA Offers $3 Million Prize In A Contest To Recycle Human Poop In Space

NASA is seeking technological solutions for recycling human waste in space and has launched a competition with a prize of $3 million for the winning team.

NASA offering $3M to person who can solve Moon poop problem

The contest aims to find a way to dispose of the 96 bags of waste left behind by Apollo astronauts on the Moon.

NASA offers $3M for plan to recycle 96 bags of astronaut poop left on the moon

NASA is offering $3 million to anyone who can invent a way to “recycle” dozens of bags of poop astronauts left behind on the moon more than half a century ago.