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MOON CHEESE?: THE FAVORITE JUNK FOODS OF #GLXP SPACE ENGINEERS

By Nick Azer  on July 28, 2015

Is the Moon made of cheese?

Sadly, no. But---in honor of the recent National Junk Food Day here in the U.S.---we decided to ask the Google Lunar XPRIZE teams: What is your favorite snack? What's the 'junk food' that makes you 'go', even in the lab at 7pm on a Saturday, as you work towards the Moon?

And we got some awesome responses!

So, without further ado, here's the favorite snacks that have been inspiring our engineers, scientists, dreamers, & explorers from around the world to keep on going for the Moon:

Aha! So there IS Moon Cheese! But, as it turns out, it's actually just a delicious snack to be found here on Earth, beloved by team Astrobotic. (...and yours truly...!) It's even (reasonably) healthy!

The Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based team also shared a local city favorite: Junior Mints, from Grandpa Joe's!:

"We decided to take pictures with our favorite candy from our favorite local candy store---Grampa Joe's. When we need a candy fix, Grampa Joes is the place to go!" - Jackie Erickson, Astrobotic

A little sweet's always good for the creativity, right?

Team Puli (from Budapest, Hungary) agrees---as they have a deep abiding love of Neapolitan Wafers!

"In the following pics You can see ...

See more at: http://lunar.xprize.org/news/blog/moon-cheese-favorite-junk-foods-of-glxp-space-engineers

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