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Packet 9: Bonus 3

Future missions in this program have prioritized infrastructure development that makes use of in situ resource utilization. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this NASA program that plans to land on the moon. In 2026, this program’s second mission performed a lunar flyby.
ANSWER: Artemis program [accept Artemis II]
[10h] This geochemical component of lunar rocks, which is found in a namesake Procellarum Terrane, is a mining candidate for developing fertilizer on missions. This component formed through crystallization of a magma ocean.
ANSWER: KREEP [or potassium, rare-earth elements, and phosphorus]
[10m] The moon’s regolith is high in this isotope due to constant bombardment from the sun, creating a potential renewable energy source through aneutronic (“ay-neutronic”) fusion. This isotope is produced from tritium decay.
ANSWER: helium-3 [or He-3; prompt on helium]
<Editors, Other Science> | R. Playoffs 9 (Editors 9)

HeardPPBE %M %H %
2414.58100%46%0%

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
BruinVirginia100010E
CambridgeToronto B100010E
Chicago BNorth Carolina1001020EM
Columbia AChicago A1001020EM
Columbia BOhio State100010E
CornellPurdue100010E
Georgia Tech ARutgers100010E
Georgia Tech CIllinois A1001020EM
HarvardIndiana100010E
Illinois BBrown1001020EM
MITTexas1001020EM
Maryland BNorthwestern B1001020EM
MichiganJohns Hopkins100010E
MinnesotaVanderbilt100010E
NYU BPenn State100010E
Northwestern ANYU A100010E
Stanford BGeorgia Tech B100010E
Toronto AUC Berkeley B1001020EM
UC Berkeley AStanford A1001020EM
UCFGeorgetown100010E
UCLAPittsburgh100010E
Virginia TechMaryland A1001020EM
WashUBritish Columbia1001020EM
WaterlooSwarthmore1001020EM

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
Main Site2026-04-17✓2414.58100%46%0%