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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…
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