3D printed space habitats earn $400K in prizes at NASA competition
3D printed space habitats earn $400K in prizes at NASA competition
One of the many considerations we will have should we decide at last to colonize another planet is where we’ll live. Should we bring inflatable habitats? Should we ship girders and metal sheets? Or should we, as explored in a recent NASA challenge, 3D print the structures right there on the planet in question? Two universities’ early efforts to do so earned them a combined $400,000 at a…