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On Earth, we can light the darkness.

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Power our lives.

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Supply energy for the world’s needs.

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On the Moon, we cannot...

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Or at least not
yet.

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With 350 hours of total darkness and day after
day of subzero temperatures, traditional Earth-based

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power storage and distribution technologies
aren’t going to be enough.

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Future lunar explorers will need power to
use the tools and technologies necessary for

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uninterrupted exploration and survival on
a new world.

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That’s why NASA is searching for solutions
beyond our ongoing research.

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From garage inventors to small businesses,
industry and university students, NASA’s

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Watts on the Moon Centennial Challenge is
crowdsourcing ideas to solve the difficult

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tasks of power distribution, storage and management
on the lunar surface

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and enhance these technologies here on Earth.

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As NASA builds a sustainable human presence
on the Moon, continuous energy will be a critical

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piece of this puzzle.

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So that one day we can light the darkness

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...on the Moon.