On Episode 117 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and visitor co-host Isaac Arthur speak with Evan Jensen of ICON Construct about 3D printing habitats on the moon and someday Mars.
For many years we have seen photos of big glass domes on the moon and Mars, however the actuality of constructing settlements off-Earth is prone to look a lot totally different. This week we’re joined by Evan Jensen of ICON Construct, an organization that, in just some years, has created housing throughout Texas through 3D printing. Now, in affiliation with NASA, they’re additionally investing closely in researching easy methods to 3D print habitats on the moon and someday Mars.
It is not straightforward working in a vacuum–water freezes and evaporates immediately, and every other supplies you want have to be transported there. ICON has some distinctive processes they’re testing of their giant vacuum chambers, and the outcomes are really fascinating. Be part of us for a glance into the way forward for residing on different worlds!
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This Week in Space covers the brand new area age. Each Friday we take a deep dive into an enchanting subject. What’s taking place with the brand new race to the moon and different planets? When will SpaceX actually ship individuals to Mars?
Be part of Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik from House.com as they sort out these questions and extra every week on Friday afternoons. You’ll be able to subscribe at the moment in your favourite podcatcher.
Rod Pyle is an writer, journalist, tv producer and Editor-in-Chief of Ad Astra magazine. He has written 18 books on area historical past, exploration, and improvement, together with House 2.0, Innovation the NASA Approach, Interplanetary Robots, Blueprint for a Battlestar, Wonderful Tales of the House Age, First On the Moon, and Vacation spot Mars
In a earlier life, Rod produced quite a few documentaries and quick movies for The Historical past Channel, Discovery Communications, and Disney. He additionally labored in visible results on Star Trek: Deep House 9 and the Battlestar Galactica reboot, in addition to numerous sci-fi TV pilots. His most up-to-date TV credit score was with the NatGeo documentary on Tom Wolfe’s iconic e book The Proper Stuff.
Liable for House.com’s editorial imaginative and prescient, Tariq Malik has been the Editor-in-Chief of House.com since 2019 and has lined area information and science for 18 years. He joined the House.com workforce in 2001, first as an intern and shortly after as a full-time spaceflight reporter overlaying human spaceflight, exploration, astronomy and the night time sky. He grew to become House.com’s managing editor in 2009. As on-air expertise has introduced area tales on CNN, Fox Information, NPR and others.
Tariq is an Eagle Scout (sure, he earned the House Exploration advantage badge), a House Camp veteran (4 occasions as a child, as soon as as an grownup), and has taken the last word “vomit comet” trip whereas reporting on zero-gravity fires. Earlier than becoming a member of House.com, he served as a workers reporter for The Los Angeles Instances overlaying metropolis and schooling beats. He has journalism levels from the College of Southern California and New York College.
