{"id":8648,"date":"2014-08-22T01:19:48","date_gmt":"2014-08-22T05:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8648"},"modified":"2014-08-22T01:19:48","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T05:19:48","slug":"makerbot-mars-base-challenge-winners-selected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8648","title":{"rendered":"MakerBot Mars Base Challenge &#8211; winners selected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NASA JPL and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Thingiverse<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0sponsored the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/challenges\/mars\" target=\"_d\">MakerBot Mars Base Challenge<\/a>\u00a0in which contestants were to<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #343638;\">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.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Three winners have been selected :\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.popsci.com\/article\/science\/welcome-mars-heres-where-youll-be-staying\" target=\"_d\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.popsci.com\/article\/science\/welcome-mars-heres-where-youll-be-staying\">Welcome To Mars. Here&#8217;s Where You&#8217;ll Be Staying: <em>In a fun competition to design a 3-D-printed Martian\u00a0habitat, three designs are finalists.<\/em>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Popular Science<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The design\u00a0models are 3D printable.<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:360924\" target=\"_d\">The Queen B (Bioshielding) 2 Bedroom 2 Bath Mars Apartment by NoahHornberger<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/10_revised_preview_card1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8649\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=8649\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/10_revised_preview_card1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"292,219\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"10_revised_preview_card[1]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/10_revised_preview_card1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8649\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/10_revised_preview_card1.jpg\" alt=\"10_revised_preview_card[1]\" width=\"292\" height=\"219\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:358173\" target=\"_d\">Martian Pyramid by Valcrow<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/MarsPryamid-4_Feature_preview_card1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8650\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=8650\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/MarsPryamid-4_Feature_preview_card1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"292,219\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MarsPryamid-4_Feature_preview_card[1]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/MarsPryamid-4_Feature_preview_card1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8650\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/MarsPryamid-4_Feature_preview_card1.jpg\" alt=\"MarsPryamid-4_Feature_preview_card[1]\" width=\"292\" height=\"219\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:357970\" target=\"_d\">The Mars Acropolis by cstarrman<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Mars_Acropolis_1_preview_card1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8651\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=8651\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Mars_Acropolis_1_preview_card1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"292,219\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mars_Acropolis_1_preview_card[1]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Mars_Acropolis_1_preview_card1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8651\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Mars_Acropolis_1_preview_card1.jpg\" alt=\"Mars_Acropolis_1_preview_card[1]\" width=\"292\" height=\"219\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA JPL and\u00a0Thingiverse\u00a0sponsored the\u00a0MakerBot Mars Base Challenge\u00a0in 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 :\u00a0Welcome To Mars. Here&#8217;s Where You&#8217;ll Be Staying: In a fun &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8648\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MakerBot Mars Base Challenge &#8211; winners selected<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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":[17,14,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-living-in-space","category-space-participation","category-space-settlement"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2fu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11473,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11473","url_meta":{"origin":8648,"position":0},"title":"&#8216;Mars Ice House&#8217; wins the NASA 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge contest","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 27, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"NASA sponsored the\u00a0NASA 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge\u00a0in which entrant\u00a0teams develop 3D printing systems and techniques for building habitats on Mars. 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