{"id":776695,"date":"2024-02-11T12:24:51","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T17:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=776695"},"modified":"2024-02-11T12:24:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T17:24:51","slug":"the-aqualunar-challenge-canadian-space-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=776695","title":{"rendered":"The Aqualunar Challenge | Canadian Space Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>With the Aqualunar Challenge, we are looking to develop <strong>new technologies to purify Moon water <\/strong>for human deep-space missions which  could also help advance water purification processes here on Earth.<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">&#13;<\/p>\n<h2>About  the challenge<\/h2>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Humanity is preparing to establish a long-term  presence on the Moon and engage  in more ambitious space missions. Water is not only essential to sustain life,  but is also a critical resource for space exploration. To support the  production of food, oxygen, and rocket fuel, we must find ways to remove  potential contaminants in water found on the Moon.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The Aqualunar Challenge seeks to develop novel water  purification technologies to be used on the lunar surface.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>These innovations could help enable space  missions and advance existing water purification technologies on our planet.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The Challenge is held both in Canada and the  United Kingdom. It is delivered by the Canadian Space Agency in partnership  with Impact Canada in Canada, and by Challenge Works on behalf of the <abbr title=\"United Kingdom\">UK<\/abbr> Space  Agency in the <abbr title=\"United Kingdom\">UK<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"\">&#13;<\/p>\n<h2>Who can participate?<\/h2>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>We are calling on <strong>Canadian<\/strong> <strong>innovators<\/strong> to submit a design concept for their Moon water purification solution before <time datetime=\"2024-04-08\">April\u00a08, 2024<\/time>.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The following groups are eligible to participate  in the Challenge:<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<ul>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>a       business or other for-profit organization in Canada<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>a       not-for-profit organization in Canada<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>an       Indigenous organization or group located in Canada<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>a       post-secondary institution located in Canada<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>an       individual or a group of individuals based in Canada<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n\t<\/ul>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the Aqualunar Challenge and to apply in  Canada, visit the Impact Canada webpage. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Interested parties in the United Kingdom may refer to Aqualunar Challenge <abbr title=\"United Kingdom\">UK<\/abbr> for more information.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asc-csa.gc.ca\/eng\/sciences\/aqualunar-challenge.asp?rand=771661\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the Aqualunar Challenge, we are looking to develop new technologies to purify Moon water for human deep-space missions which could also help advance water purification processes here on Earth.&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":776696,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-776695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-CSA"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=776695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/776696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=776695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=776695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=776695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}