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

David Pescovitz
Apr 10, 2025
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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 r…

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