... use of local materials has also been demonstrated: a 1.5 tonne building block has been printed using simulated lunar regolith. Up in orbit, 3D printers for polymers are already present on the ISS and a metallic printer is set to join them...
..., either by rover tracks, engine exhaust or even eventually, new footprints. Tests were done on the way the lunar regolith is disturbed in different controlled conditions. A 93-page document emerged from these studies with the title ‘Recommendations...
...to be the first ‘astro-scientist’ training centre on the lunar surface. There, astro-scientists will be trained to perform complicated ... pole, where crater-based resources, in particular the lunar regolith and icewater in the lava tubes at the bottom,...
... cost effectively will be through reusable launch vehicles. A concept for constructing a lunar base using automated 3D printers, making use of lunar regolith as building material. SpaceX recently succeeded in the Falcon-9 launch of astronauts to the...
... for the various concepts of near-term future lunar research facilities and presenting common themes related to ... protect from harmful impacts, a multilayer construction using lunar regolith was necessary. The entrance area provides a shelter-like ...
...fair and was later developed as an actual payload for the lunar mission. The 2D clinostat and its control box, used to ...of a Moon colony critical. Research has proved that simulated lunar regolith can support the growth of plants. However, plants on ...