3D Printing Habitats on the Moon: ICON's Project Olympus

Evan Jensen, VP of Strategic Research at ICON, joins This Week in Space to discuss the company's groundbreaking work in 3D printing for construction and their ambitious plans for building on the Moon. Learn about Project Olympus, the challenges of lunar construction, and how ICON is using in-situ resources to create sustainable habitats. Stay tuned for more on ICON's Earth-based projects and the future of space exploration. • A Home on the Moon - 3...
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[@whtpwr]

😢😢😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😅😅😅
They should try to get to the moon first..

[@GamingWithRobert]

And more garbage to space

[@adamcboyd]

This is a SUPER OLD idea. In fact, I thought there was a NASA challenge or something that asked to try to get liquid from moonrock and the idea was to send some 3D printing contraptions to the moon and have then autonomously print habitats for future landers. I want to say I either remember hearing that or am a genius and came up with it on my own like 20 years ago. lol