Science
Texas company aims to 3D-print buildings on the moon with ‘Project Olympus’ – Space.com
ICON has very big dreams.
A Texas company aims to take its innovative homebuilding approach into the final frontier.
Austin-based startup ICON, known for 3D-printing
houses here on Earth, just launched Project Olympus, an ambitious effort to develop a space-based construction system. The program will eventually help humanity get a foothold on the moon and Mars, if all goes according to plan.
“From the very founding of ICON, we’ve been thinking about off-world construction. It’s a surprisingly natural progression if y…
-
General23 hours agoOf saints and sinners | The Spectator Australia
-
General24 hours agoSmall plane crashes into San Diego neighbourhood, setting homes and vehicles on fire
-
Noosa News14 hours agoTully Sugar Mill celebrates 100 years of cane harvesting amid floods and cyclones
-
General24 hours agoWhy the nation needs the Nationals to ditch Net Zero