NASA unveils "printed habitats" to colonize Mars

The names of the finalists of the NASA contest reveal the three-dimensional printing habitats that they think they can use to colonize the red planet in the coming decades, these designs are offered only for this part, but the competition says that they also have the right thickness, good warm-up and good pressure to withstand the harsh conditions on Mars. Of the 18 teams elected from around the world, five have been transferred to the next stage of the competition. NASA has implemented a three-dimensional model printed from its final design, with a prize of $ 2 million (£ 1.5 million) for the winner, the final models being completed in the spring of 2019

NASA partners with Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, to select the top five teams to move on to the next stage of the 3D Habitat Challenge, and those who participated in the next stage received a prize of $ 100,000 (£ 76,000). NASA experts and media

The rules evaluated the digital representation of future Mars homes, built with specialized software tools, and a total of 18 teams from around the world participated in the competition. terms of completeness and habitat planning. Red

The Zopherus team from Rogers, Arkansas, received $ 20,957.95, and AI SpaceFactory received $ 20,957.24 from New York and $ 20,622.74 from Mississippi, while SEArch received $ 19,580.97 from + / Apis Cor from New York. Northwestern University of Evanston, IL at $ 17,881.10. "We are thrilled to see the success of this diverse group of teams that have come together in a unique way," said Muni Roman, director of NASA's Centennial Challenges Program. "They are not just design structures, they design habitats – allowing our space explorers to live and work on other planets, we are excited to see their designs and they are safe. 39, embody in life as the competition progresses. "

The 3D Habitat Challenge aims to promote the advancement of sustainable habitats that will someday be the Moon or Mars launched in 2014. To the first competition, NASA asked the teams to present architectural designs to their habitat in early 2015, The second part of the competition, called the second phase, was a "Structural Member Competition" which focused on materials and teams needed to design structural components completed in 2017. The third step is the site's housing competition.

Competitors Must Build Three Levels and Two Virtual Levels For virtual levels, teams must use the building information design program to design the home. "We encourage a wide range of people to design innovative concepts to perceive them as a home on Mars," said Lex Akers, Dean of the College of Engineering and Technology Bradley University, a partner of the NASA in this challenge. Universities and companies that can not access the big 3D printers are part of the competition because they can collaborate with those who have access to this machine for the last level of competition. "Experts believe more and more that humans can live on Mars in our lives In 2009, an independent group of experts known as the" Augustine Commission "warned that NASA's resources did not match its ambitious goals. (13 billion pounds sterling), NASA will need an additional 3 billion dollars (£ 2.3 billion) a year to reach March.