15th Biennial ASCE Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments
NASA Centennial Challenge: Three Dimensional (3D) Printed Habitat
Publication: Earth and Space 2016: Engineering for Extreme Environments
ABSTRACT
The NASA Centennial Challenges Program (CCP) uses incentivized prize competitions to push the boundaries of human potential and generate solutions to problems of interest to NASA and the nation. One of the latest NASA challenges is the 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge, designed to advance the fundamental technologies necessary to manufacture off-world habitats reusing, repurposing, and/or recycling available materials and planetary indigenous materials. The vision is that autonomous habitat manufacturing machines will someday be deployed to the Moon or Mars to construct shelters for human habitation. It is expected that advancing the additive construction technology needed to create sustainable housing solutions for Mars and beyond will also help make life better on Earth. NASA has partnered with the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, also known as “America Makes,” to hold the $2.25 million prize competition.
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Earth and Space 2016: Engineering for Extreme Environments
Pages: 333 - 342
Editors: Ramesh B. Malla, Ph.D., University of Connecticut, Juan H. Agui, Ph.D., NASA Glenn Research Center, and Paul J. van Susante, Ph.D, Michigan Technological University
ISBN (Online): 978-0-7844-7997-1
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Published online: Jun 29, 2017
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