NASA’s Challenge to 3D Print Future Habitats on Mars

NASA invited engineers and architects from around the world to design future habitats for Mars. Here’s what they came up with. »Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker »Watch more Focal Point | https://bit.ly/2M3gmbK Correction: We forgot to add our amazing videographer, Scott Elliott, in the credits! Find more of Scott's work here: https://www.590films.org/ NASA’s 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge is a 4-year long competition centered around engineering habitats for deep space exploration, in this case Mars. Mars has captivated our imagination for hundreds of years. The planet’s proximity and striking resemblance to Earth, and its potential to harbor life, has made Mars the target of many robotic missions. But the surface of Mars is not as Earth-like as it might seem. With temperatures drastically changing each day, an inability to retain heat, and Mars’ total lack of a magnetosphere—there is almost no protection against dangerous solar radiation or cosmic radiation. This means we have to be able to build a futuristic habitat on Mars that can protect us from the extreme environment. Enter: The brightest space architects and engineers from across the globe competing to prove they have what it takes to build a Martian home for humanity. Two teams went head to head to print their designs and work out various complications, like what materials would work best on Mars (hint: thermoplastics), to prove they have what it takes to build humanity’s future home on Mars. To learn more about the competition and what a future habitat might look like on Mars, check out this episode of Focal Point. #NASA #Mars #Space #FocalPoint #Seeker #Science Read More: MARSHA by AI SpaceFactory https://www.aispacefactory.com/marsha “In Space architecture, every design decision is of great consequence to the success of a mission. Since sustained social and mental health are also mission-critical, Space habitats must be designed to be rich, useful and interesting worlds o