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Published online 20 May 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050516-15
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Oxygen from moondust is worth a mint
NASA offers prize for turning lunar rock into vital gas.
How do you fancy winning a cool quarter-of-a-million dollars? That's the prize on offer for the astronomical alchemist who can create breathable oxygen from moondust.
The competition, unveiled this week by NASA and the Florida Space Research Institute, is an attempt to stimulate research into technologies that might help humans to colonize other worlds.
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