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NASA Centennial Challenges Program: A Crowdsourcing Tool to Advance Life Support Technologies for Future NASA Missions

Roman, Monsi·Anderson, Molly·Herblet, Angela M.·Frangione, Chris·Bravo, Jennifer
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Roman, Monsi, Anderson, Molly, Herblet, Angela M., Frangione, Chris, Bravo, Jennifer. 2019-07-07. NASA Centennial Challenges Program: A Crowdsourcing Tool to Advance Life Support Technologies for Future NASA Missions. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20190027282

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