{"id":2307,"date":"2013-05-16T05:21:56","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T05:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2307"},"modified":"2013-05-16T05:21:56","modified_gmt":"2013-05-16T05:21:56","slug":"mars-colony-basics-3-d-printing-a-moon-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2307","title":{"rendered":"Mars colony basics + 3-D printing a Moon base"},"content":{"rendered":"

A look at some of the ideas discussed at the recent Human to Mars Summit<\/a> on how to create sustainable Mars colonies: How to build a Mars colony that lasts \u2013 forever – New Scientist<\/a><\/p>\n

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One technology that looks very important for making things, both small and large, in space colonies, wherever they might be, is 3-D printing: 3-D Printing Could Build Moon Base In-Situ – Aviation Week<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A look at some of the ideas discussed at the recent Human to Mars Summit on how to create sustainable Mars colonies: How to build a Mars colony that lasts \u2013 forever – New Scientist === One technology that looks very important for making things, both small and large, in space colonies, wherever they might … Continue reading Mars colony basics + 3-D printing a Moon base<\/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":[18,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space-settlement","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-Bd","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4116,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4116","url_meta":{"origin":2307,"position":0},"title":"Space colonies will be far more than havens for the rich","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 23, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I've long argued that large self-contained in-space colonies, like that popularized by the late\u00a0Gerard K. 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