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IG and NASA collaborate to design 3D-printed buildings for the moon
IG and NASA collaborate to design 3D-printed buildings for the moon BIG and 3D-printed building company ICON have revealed they are working on Project Olympus, which aims to develop robotic construction for the moon. The architecture firm and SEArch+ (Space Exploration Architecture) were enlisted for the project by ICON after it received a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) government contract boosted with funding from NASA. Called Project Olympus, it aims to develop a way to create a 3D-printed infrastructure for living on the moon using materials found on its surface. Project Olympus aims to explore building on the moon "With...