MakerBot Mars Base Challenge – winners selected

NASA JPL and Thingiverse sponsored the MakerBot Mars Base Challenge in which contestants were to

design a utilitarian Mars base that can withstand the elements and maybe even make you feel at home, despite being 140 million miles away from Earth, on average.

Three winners have been selected : Welcome To Mars. Here’s Where You’ll Be Staying: In a fun competition to design a 3-D-printed Martian habitat, three designs are finalists. – Popular Science.

The design models are 3D printable.

The Queen B (Bioshielding) 2 Bedroom 2 Bath Mars Apartment by NoahHornberger

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Martian Pyramid by Valcrow 

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The Mars Acropolis by cstarrman 

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