Because transporting construction materials from Earth to the moon is costly and time-consuming, local materials must be utilized in order to establish a lunar base. One promising method for lunar ...

Chinese scientists have made significant strides in developing building materials for the construction of a future lunar base. Researchers at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST ...

The base’s design was guided in turn by the properties of 3D-printed lunar soil, with a 1.5 tonne building block produced as a demonstration. “3D printing offers a potential means of ...

Living on the Moon. So far, we've focused on the technological feasibility of building a lunar base, but we also need to consider the long term effect of lunar living on humans.

At the University of Central Florida’s Exolith Lab, Dr. Phil Metzger and other university researchers have developed a ...

C hina plans to start building a lunar base in about five years, kicking off with bricks made of moon soil, according to scientists with ties to the project, the South China Morning Post reported ...

For the review paper, the researchers discussed the pros and cons of the various aspects of LBMC regarding building a lunar base, specifically using in-situ resource utilization (ISRU). These aspects ...

An International Space Station experiment aims to mix and match ingredients for moon construction, as NASA aims to land astronauts there as soon as 2026 under its Artemis program.. The astronaut ...

According to Enrico Dini—the founder of UK-based Monolite, who started to work on 3D building printers back in 2010 and proposed them for lunar base construction—the machines are now printing ...

The European Space Agency created 3D-printed bricks inspired by LEGO made from 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite dust, a significant step toward lunar construction.

Image Courtesy of NASA NASA is aiming to support surface construction on the moon within ten years. Related Links: Dream Projects Dream Projects Test New Realities Engineers with the U.S. National ...