Canadian company’s winning innovation a giant leap for drinking water on the moon
Sax won the $400,000 prize for a prototype that uses solar heat and a chemical process to make lunar ice drinkable.
- The Canadian Space Agency awarded the $400,000 Aqualunar Challenge grand prize to Sax for his LunaPure system, which extracts and purifies water on the moon.
- Jury member Marc Guilbert evaluated around 45 submissions to identify innovative technology for lunar water extraction, addressing the challenge's goal of finding technically feasible solutions for future missions.
- Sax describes his prototype as no larger than a "box of books," designed with strict mass and power constraints because "Everything in space is mass and power limited."
- Lunar geoscientist Tara Hayden at Western University explained that extracted water could undergo electrolysis to "split" hydrogen and oxygen for use as rocket propellant.
- Upcoming Artemis missions will test whether the system can sustainably support long-term lunar cohabitation, with Sax suggesting it could become one of the processes humans use to purify water for 100 years.
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This inovation facilitates the colonization of the Earth's natural satellite.
On the Moon, access to drinking water could make the difference between short stays and a permanent human presence, and the award-winning invention of a Canadian company facilitates the colonization of the Earth's natural satellite.
Canadian company's winning innovation a giant leap for drinking water on the moon
On the moon, access to drinking water could mean the difference between short visits and a permanent human presence, and a Canadian company’s award-winning invention has made colonizing Earth’s natural satellite more within reach.
Canadian company's winning innovation is a giant leap for drinking water on the moon
On the moon, access to drinking water could mean the difference between short visits and a permanent human presence, and a Canadian company's award-winning invention has made colonizing Earth's natural satellite more within reach.
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Canadian company’s winning innovation a giant leap for drinking water on the moon
MONTREAL - On the moon, access to drinking water could mean the difference between short visits and a permanent human presence, and a Canadian company's award-winning invention has made colonizing
On the Moon, access to drinking water could make the difference between short stays and a permanent human presence, and the award-winning invention of a Canadian company facilitates the colonization of the Earth's natural satellite
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