Building components for an outpost on the Lunar soil by means of a novel 3D printing technology

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 93, Issue , 2014, Pages 430-450

  Cesaretti, Giovanni ^a   Dini, Enrico ^b   De Kestelier, Xavier ^c   Colla, Valentina ^d   Pambaguian, Laurent ^e  

^a Alta SpA   (Italy)

^b Monolite Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c FOSTER PARTNERS   (United Kingdom)

^d SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^e EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3D printing; Direct manufacturing; Human exploration; Lunar habitat; Regolith; Structural optimisation

Indexed keywords

3-D PRINTING; DIRECT MANUFACTURING; HUMAN EXPLORATION; LUNAR HABITATS; REGOLITH; STRUCTURAL OPTIMISATION;

CONSTRUCTION; ECOSYSTEMS; LIQUIDS; LUNAR MISSIONS; LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; PRINTING; SPACE RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGY; VACUUM; VACUUM EVAPORATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84883341911     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2013.07.034     Document Type: Article

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