Martian 3D Printed Igloo

 Live In A Martian 3D Printed Igloo

How would you like to live on Mars?  If the answer is yes, you might be surprised to know it just might be possible in the not too distant future.

In fact, NASA ran a contest to find the best ideas for a Martian habitat and they just announced a winner.

Nasa didn’t say what the other ideas were in the article below, but they did provide an amazing ice house that could be 3D printed before the astronauts arrived.

Until now, most “live on Mars” ideas have been underground to protect from harmful effects of radiation and the Martian atmosphere.  But this novel idea throws all that to the wind.  Instead of living like moles, the plan is to provide protection with an ice house that could be 3D printed on the planet surface.  The giant domes of glass and ice could block out that radiation and with space born mirrors possible, water and power could be provided, inner dome conditions could have an enriched atmosphere, plants could grow to support oxygen generation and food, and life could actually be supported.

Be sure to check out the article below … and don’t miss the video at the end.  It is well worth the time.

3-D Printed Martian Igloo Wins NASA Habitat Contest

by: Danny Clemens
posted: 10/02/15

Will NASA’s first Martian colony be built from ice?

The agency has awarded the first place prize in its 3-D Printed Mars Habitat Contest to the visually stunning Mars Ice House, a sleek structure that aims to harness the Red Planet’s liquid water and low temperatures to build a “multi-layered pressurized radiation shell of ice.”

The structure is essentially a series of nested ice shells. A novel “front yard” pocket between the structure’s outer shell and interior domes will allow Mars astronauts to experience a “truly unique protected neutral zone that is not entirely interior or exterior”. Just inside the front yard, a lush hydroponic garden will provide both food and oxygen to the structure’s residents.

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