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Competitions Aim for the Moon!
 
Earth's moon as photographed from the International Space Station. Two new competitions aimed at lunar exploration are gearing up:

Teams of undergraduate and graduate students from U.S. colleges or universities can compete to design systems that could be used for future lunar excavation.
› Learn more about the Lunabotics Mining Competition
› Lunabotics on Facebook

Student teams from grades fifth through eighth are challenged to create a sustainable water recycling system for the moon, and can win a trip to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
› Learn more about the Waste Limitation and Management of Resources Design Challenge
› View WLMR poster (PDF)