Edmontonian developing 3D printer that could be ‘manufacturing plant of the moon’ – New machine designed to reduce cost of sending astronauts back to the lunar surface
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/3d-printing-for-astronauts-1.7410004
Edmontonian developing 3D printer that could be ‘manufacturing plant of the moon’ – New machine designed to reduce cost of sending astronauts back to the lunar surface
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/3d-printing-for-astronauts-1.7410004
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>A 21-year-old Edmontonian is developing a 3D printer designed to take soil from the moon and convert it into essential equipment for astronauts.
>Madison Feehan, CEO and founder of Space Copy, said she realized that 3D printing could substantially reduce the significant cost and logistic hurdles of sending astronauts back to the moon during her five years as a contract worker for NASA.
>*Radio Active’s* Min Dhariwal spoke with Feehan this week to learn more about her research.
How do you separate lunar soil into it’s component materials and how are they processed and utilized by the printer?