"Moon Base Plan" Topic
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Tango01  | 06 Feb 2013 2:22 p.m. PST |
Interesting. link link "As if planning to build a moon base weren't enough, the European Space Agency may try to do it with 3D printing. "Printing" a building out of layers of lunar soil could be much easier and cheaper than bringing the whole structure from earth. And there's even a printer that can do the job -- a device known as the D-Shape, produced by London-based company Monolite UK. It hasn't used real lunar soil yet, but tests with similar mixtures have been successful…"
Full article here.
link Hope you enjoy!. Amicalement
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| Spreewaldgurken | 06 Feb 2013 5:45 p.m. PST |
the European Space Agency may try to do it Again?! After what happened to the first one?? YouTube link |
| RJ Andron | 06 Feb 2013 6:18 p.m. PST |
And here I thought that I'd be the first to reference it. Two thumbs up Klumenproletariat! Got to admit, the possibilities for 3D printing are pretty wild. |
| Whatisitgood4atwork | 06 Feb 2013 6:48 p.m. PST |
Local materials is definitely the way to go. If it is feasible at all of course. |
| Eclectic Wave | 07 Feb 2013 6:16 a.m. PST |
As long as the girls have silver skimpy outfits and purple hair, I'm game. |
| dilettante | 07 Feb 2013 6:29 p.m. PST |
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| Oddball | 08 Feb 2013 7:14 p.m. PST |
I thought it looked like this.
This is from the movie "Iron Sky". |
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ponders the woes of a heavy base.
