NASA sending 3D printer to the moon

Started by ergophobe, October 02, 2023, 02:02:41 PM

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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/01/realestate/nasa-homes-moon-3-d-printing.html

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The U.S. space agency will blast a 3-D printer up to the moon and then build structures, layer by additive layer, out of a specialized lunar concrete created from the rock chips, mineral fragments and dust that sits on the top layer of the moon's cratered surface and billows in poisonous clouds whenever disturbed