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NASA Opens Five-Track Competition to Mature Lunar Infrastructure

The final NextSTEP-3 solicitation targets power, oxygen extraction and manufacturing technologies that still require controlled testing before any lunar deployment can be considered.

Space
Moon
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Lunar infrastructure
Space technology
In-situ resource utilization
Radioisotope power

By Julio Intelligence
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NASA Opens Five-Track Competition to Mature Lunar Infrastructure