3D printing is helping to fulfill the ancient human dream of colonizing Mars. The desire of amateur astronomers, but also of NASA, Elon Musk and the European Space Agency ESA, all of whom want to establish a permanent Mars settlement by 2050, is within reach.
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In 2024, NASA plans to fly to the moon again but this requires a special surface on the lunar base. To build it, only two things are actually needed, but they are quite unusual: urine and moon dust. This blog article shows how 3D printing turns it into building blocks for a moon base.
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3D printing has proven to know no limits, so it was only a matter of time when this technology leaves Earth and travels as far as humankind has been (and possibly even beyond). Here’s how the technology could enable lunar living!
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Alex Ellery from Carleton University in Ottawa and his team are working on a self-replicating 3D printer able to create all the material needed for the exploration of the moon.
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