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Can you help build a moon base? NASA is offering students up to $1 million to do it

CNET and WWL-TV 4 (Tegna, New Orleans) describe the same event in different terms.

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What happened NASA is inviting students across the country to help design its planned moon base, with $1 million in prizes up for grabs.
The headline split WVEC 13News Now (Tegna, Norfolk) frames it as "Can you help build a moon base? NASA is offering students up to $1 million to do it". CNET frames it as "NASA Just Made a Bunch of Moon Base Announcements: Here’s What They Are".
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WVEC 13News Now (Tegna, Norfolk)News report · Nov 10, 3:50 AM

Can you help build a moon base? NASA is offering students up to $1 million to do it

NASA is inviting students across the country to help design its planned moon base, with $1 million in prizes up for grabs.

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CNETNews report · Nov 10, 3:20 AM

NASA Just Made a Bunch of Moon Base Announcements: Here’s What They Are

The agency just unveiled new lunar missions, a nuclear-powered rover and $10 billion in contracts to build a moon base for astronauts.

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Nov 10, 3:50 AM: WVEC 13News Now (Tegna, Norfolk) joined the source map.

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