{"id":11473,"date":"2015-09-27T17:56:04","date_gmt":"2015-09-27T21:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11473"},"modified":"2015-09-27T17:56:04","modified_gmt":"2015-09-27T21:56:04","slug":"mars-ice-house-wins-the-nasa-3d-printed-habitat-challenge-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11473","title":{"rendered":"‘Mars Ice House’ wins the NASA 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge contest"},"content":{"rendered":"

NASA sponsored the\u00a0NASA 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge<\/a>\u00a0in which entrant\u00a0teams develop 3D printing systems and techniques for building habitats on Mars. Thirty finalists were chosen in August. See descriptions of each team’s concept at\u00a0Design Competition Finalists<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At the\u00a0Maker Faire<\/a>\u00a0underway this weekend in New York the teams displayed their designs and the winners were selected. Updates from the event were posted at\u00a03DP Challenge (@3DPChallenge) –\u00a0Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The grand prize winner was the Mars\u00a0Ice House<\/a>\u00a0team –\u00a0America Makes on Twitter: <\/a><\/p>\n

JUST ANNCD: Team ICE HOUSE @s_e_arch winners of the $25k Grand Prize @3DPChallenge @NASAPrize @make #WMF2015 http:\/\/t.co\/B39XlrDBvD<\/a><\/p>\n

Check out their informative website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Mars-Ice-House_Dusk+01_lr[1]\"<\/a>A Mars team approaches their Ice House habitat.\u00a0Credits Ice House Team<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"mars_section+02_Rev1[1]\"<\/a>Cross-section of the ice structure built with an additive printing system<\/em>
\naround the lander module. Credits Ice House Team<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Wardroom[1]\"<\/a>“Where the ice shell thins, large ETFE inflatable windows filled with <\/em>
\nradiation shielding gas further expand the perceived volume and frame<\/em>
\n views\u00a0into the landscape. \u00a0Together, these features enable both collective <\/em>
\nand private opportunities to contemplate the vista of the <\/em>
\nextraordinary Martian terrain.”\u00a0 Credits Ice House Team<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

I’ve always like the idea of ice structures on the Moon and Mars since ice is both translucent, which adds light and color to one’s living environment, and an excellent radiation shielding material. With substantial water resources now believed to be available at the lunar poles, similar structures as the Ice House could be built on the Moon\u00a0as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NASA sponsored the\u00a0NASA 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge\u00a0in which entrant\u00a0teams develop 3D printing systems and techniques for building habitats on Mars. Thirty finalists were chosen in August. See descriptions of each team’s concept at\u00a0Design Competition Finalists. At the\u00a0Maker Faire\u00a0underway this weekend in New York the teams displayed their designs and the winners were selected. Updates from the … Continue reading ‘Mars Ice House’ wins the NASA 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge contest<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contests-and-games","category-living-in-space","category-space-settlement"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2Z3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16327,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16327","url_meta":{"origin":11473,"position":0},"title":"Top 10 teams selected by NASA for next stage of 3D-Printed habitat competition","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 3, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"An announcement from NASA: Top 10 Teams Selected in Virtual Stage of 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge NASA\u2019s\u00a03D-Printed Habitat Challenge\u00a0is challenging teams of citizen inventors to push the state of the art of additive construction to design and build sustainable shelters for humans to live on Mars. 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