{"id":111935,"date":"2016-11-27T08:56:02","date_gmt":"2016-11-27T06:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=111935"},"modified":"2016-11-27T08:57:19","modified_gmt":"2016-11-27T06:57:19","slug":"nasa-is-offering-r420000-to-whoever-solves-the-problem-of-pooping-in-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/entertainment\/111935-nasa-is-offering-r420000-to-whoever-solves-the-problem-of-pooping-in-space","title":{"rendered":"NASA is offering R420,000 to whoever solves the problem of pooping in space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NASA has created the &#8220;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/space-poop-challenge\" target=\"_blank\">Space Poop Challenge<\/a><\/strong>&#8220;, calling on the science community to help it come up with a way to\u00a0deal with waste in space.<\/p>\n<p>NASA astronauts traditionally\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/21987-how-nasa-spacesuits-work-infographic.html\"><strong>wear<\/strong> <\/a>diapers to take care of their bodily needs while they&#8217;re launching, landing or spacewalking.<\/p>\n<p>However, these diapers are only good for a few hours, making for very unhygienic circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in taking part, you can check out the full details below:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Description:<\/strong> The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) seeks proposed solutions for fecal, urine, and menstrual management systems to be used in the crew\u2019s launch and entry suits over a continuous duration of up to 144 hours. An in-suit waste management system would be beneficial for contingency scenarios or for any long duration tasks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sponsoring\/Partner Organizations:<\/strong>\u00a0 NASA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Benefits of Participation\/Awards Available:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0$30,000<\/p>\n<p><strong>Open Date:<\/strong>\u00a0October 11, 2016 Submissions Open<\/p>\n<p><strong>Close Date:<\/strong>\u00a0December 20, 2016 Submission Deadline<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information:<\/strong> \u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/herox.com\/SpacePoop\" target=\"_blank\">www.herox.com\/SpacePoop<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Now read:\u00a0<a title=\"Permalink to The best and worst of Final Fantasy\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/xbox\/111451-the-best-and-worst-of-final-fantasy.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">The best and worst of Final Fantasy<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA is asking for help with a very strange challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":111937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[10698,5832,10609,5828],"class_list":["post-111935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-money","tag-nasa","tag-prize","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111935"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111969,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111935\/revisions\/111969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}