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Fig. 1: H2 and D2 growth curves from H2O or D2O ice electrolysis or photolysis.

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Acknowledgements

We thank J. Noonan and G. Laughlin for helpful conversations. D.Z.S. acknowledges financial support from the National Science Foundation Grant No. AST-2107796, NASA Grant No. 80NSSC19K0444 and NASA Contract NNX17AL71A. D.Z.S. is supported by an NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship under award AST-2202135. This research award is partially funded by a generous gift of Charles Simonyi to the NSF Division of Astronomical Sciences. The award is made in recognition of significant contributions to Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time.

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Bergner, J.B., Seligman, D.Z. Reply to: Accelerating ‘Oumuamua with H2 is challenging.
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