Exploration architecture
Space Construction for Habitats
Building shelter on another world rather than carrying it there. Concepts range from covering habitats with bagged regolith for radiation shielding to three-dimensional printing of structures from local soil, so that the mass launched from Earth shrinks and the base can grow using what is already on the ground.
Systems, programs & concepts
Knowledge connections
- Associated withAdditive Manufacturing
- Associated withAutonomous Construction
- Associated withRegolith Processing
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
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