3-D Printing Eyed to Build Moon Base
The European Space Agency wants to 3-D print a moon base.
One of the biggest challenges for space colonists is just how expensive (in terms of energy) it is to get supplies off of Planet Earth. Until we get a space elevator, it’s going to stay that way. One solution is to send as little as possible up there. When it comes to building a moon base, couldn’t we just make it out of rock? After all, the moon is already made of rocks.
The European Space Agency in partnership with Foster + Partners and Monolite UK is aiming to do exactly that.
Source: Wired. Read full article. (link)
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Print a whole base? Sounds like a big printer!
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With the price of printer cartridges being anything other than inexpensive it should only cost a few billion per square foot to
buildprint.