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The Holy Grails of science
CMaster Posted Oct 23, 2004
Which I seem to think is what one of the new X-Prizes may be for...
The Holy Grails of science
Ged42 Posted Oct 23, 2004
Some kind of Oxygen Generation Unit that splits the carbon atoms from the Oxygen atoms in Carbon dioxide. Or alternatively a plant the photosynthesizes at a ridiculously fast rate. They would be rather handy in space. 
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