Image of the Day Space 27 November 2018
Home sweet home: a 3D printed moon base
The European Space Agency has released this image, depicting one possible scenario for life on the moon.
In line with research conducted by both state and privately funded organisations around the globe, space agencies are looking at 3D-printing technologies as a way of constructing lunar living quarters without the need to transport building materials from Earth.
“The selected print processes would allow available materials to be recycled for different purposes,†explains Antonella Sgambati of OHB System AG, managing ESA’s research project.
https://cosmosmagazine.com/space/home-sweet-home-a-3d-printed-moon-base
