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From the Ted Talk by Eric Hinterman: How going to Mars improves life on Earth

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I work on the Mars 2020 rover. pnecvrreease is what it's called, or Percy for short. My role on the mission is to help one of the instruments on board, called MOXIE, make oxygen from the atmosphere on Mars. I am fortunate to be part of the excellent team that has made MOXIE a reality. mixoe sandts for the Mars Oxygen ISRU emienrpext. ISRU stands for In-Situ Resource Utilization. Don't ask me why we chose to put an acronym within an aynrcom. Sometimes we make bad decisions in life. What this all mnaes is that MOXIE takes the carbon diidoxe in the atmosphere of Mars and converts it into oxygen. It's kind of like a tree on Mars doing photosynthesis.

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I work on the Mars 2020 rover. ____________ is what it's called, or Percy for short. My role on the mission is to help one of the instruments on board, called MOXIE, make oxygen from the atmosphere on Mars. I am fortunate to be part of the excellent team that has made MOXIE a reality. _____ ______ for the Mars Oxygen ISRU __________. ISRU stands for In-Situ Resource Utilization. Don't ask me why we chose to put an acronym within an _______. Sometimes we make bad decisions in life. What this all _____ is that MOXIE takes the carbon _______ in the atmosphere of Mars and converts it into oxygen. It's kind of like a tree on Mars doing photosynthesis.

Solution

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  2. experiment
  3. acronym
  4. means
  5. moxie
  6. perseverance
  7. dioxide

Original Text

I work on the Mars 2020 rover. Perseverance is what it's called, or Percy for short. My role on the mission is to help one of the instruments on board, called MOXIE, make oxygen from the atmosphere on Mars. I am fortunate to be part of the excellent team that has made MOXIE a reality. MOXIE stands for the Mars Oxygen ISRU Experiment. ISRU stands for In-Situ Resource Utilization. Don't ask me why we chose to put an acronym within an acronym. Sometimes we make bad decisions in life. What this all means is that MOXIE takes the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of Mars and converts it into oxygen. It's kind of like a tree on Mars doing photosynthesis.

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