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Inside NASA’s 3D-printed simulated Mars habitat
Startup ICON has 3D-printed a Mars habitat. Four people will live in the Mars Dune Alpha on Earth for a year to help NASA study the challenges of living on the red planet. Subscribe to CNET: Like us on Facebook: Follow us on Twitter: Follow us on Instagram: Follow us on TikTok:
Elizabeth Moser
September 20, 2021 at 2:21 pm
Would be nice of we were using this technology to solve housing issues world wide
ESC
September 20, 2021 at 3:11 pm
3d printing homes is expensive af, unless its a huge copypaste neighborhood, if you enjoy ugly eastern european or chinese blocks.
Elizabeth Moser
September 20, 2021 at 3:16 pm
@ESC some people would just like 4 walls and a roof. And with anything if u start mass producing then costs come down. I just struggle with all this money being spent by billions being being tourists etc when there is so much else money can be spent on for the good of the human race.
ESC
September 20, 2021 at 3:20 pm
@Elizabeth Moser
I think empty unaffordable flats are the bigger problem in that case, because we have plenty of those.
Elizabeth Moser
September 20, 2021 at 4:03 pm
@ESC not in 3rd world countries. I’m thinking of people still in Nepal with no homes after that horrible earthquake that was years ago. Cost of materials etc mean people still haven’t rebuilt and living in lean toos and shacks. Then there is the issues in India with massive slums
Ryan Salazar
September 20, 2021 at 2:30 pm
It’s ok count me in.
wave mc
September 20, 2021 at 2:34 pm
Chocolate house
Ashwin Ramesh
September 20, 2021 at 2:43 pm
wait,is he Linus’s brother?
Cyrud
September 20, 2021 at 2:50 pm
After COVID – yes, I’m ready.
Alan Ball
September 20, 2021 at 2:58 pm
I love how they’re acting like having people live in a confined space for a year is like a novel thing, as though people with existing health conditions in covid times haven’t already been experiencing for the past year… Still pretty cool though. My only concern is that it looks like the “lavacrete” requires water, I feel like we should be using something like rammed earth or sintering given the relative lack of liquid water.
Nat20 Damage
September 20, 2021 at 3:17 pm
Everything nasa makes looks so boring
Nat20 Damage
September 20, 2021 at 4:17 pm
@CryptosRUS I’ll send it via nasa
R Pitt
September 20, 2021 at 3:47 pm
Basically, it’s what we’ve been doing in Sydney,, Australia.
R Pitt
September 20, 2021 at 5:44 pm
We call it full lockdown. 😂 This, on the other hand, looks like fun
tanchos
September 20, 2021 at 4:01 pm
not suprise thats what doing whole 2021, lockdown, NASA just don’t waste $$$
CryptosRUS
September 20, 2021 at 4:04 pm
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John Batchler
September 20, 2021 at 4:21 pm
They may have to go to underground bunker due to high radiation
Daniel H
September 20, 2021 at 4:24 pm
Do you get radition exposure on your way to and from the habitat? No? Then this is just larping.
JUR O
September 20, 2021 at 4:56 pm
Okey nice print me house 2
Northern Drone Werx
September 20, 2021 at 5:03 pm
Maybe NASA should dedicate this effort to sustainable housing on earth. Am I the only one who saw one of these homes, and thought I’d like to live in one (and not as some science experiment)?
Andy Altman
September 20, 2021 at 5:39 pm
Would you live in Mars Dune Alpha for a year?
Stephen Atwood
September 20, 2021 at 5:45 pm
Will they (and how) simulate the time delay between Earth and the simulated Mars habitat?
1977allout
September 20, 2021 at 6:53 pm
Oowwww yes please
John Gyver
September 20, 2021 at 7:50 pm
We’ve already had our year in isolation with limited access to the outside world because of covid. NASA should pay all of us.
thevw_way
September 20, 2021 at 8:20 pm
ICON? What happened to AI Space Factory? I thought they did a great job.
Nathan Smith
September 20, 2021 at 9:00 pm
So that is why McDs soft serve machine is also broke, it takes parts from NASA
Hardy
September 20, 2021 at 9:09 pm
Been living like this since 2020
Raistlin
September 20, 2021 at 10:07 pm
Did you evacuate the room’s atmosphere and simulate the proper conditions?
Oxygenation effects the curing process.
Raistlin
September 20, 2021 at 10:09 pm
Oh yeah, stop hacking my stuff and asking for me
jose pazmino
September 20, 2021 at 10:31 pm
How can i apply?
Paul Osborn
September 20, 2021 at 11:57 pm
Day 186. Dave’s breathing is giving me… thoughts.