3-D printing and Moon dust: An astronaut's kit for future space exploration?
Thursday, April 16, 2020 - 11:30
in Astronomy & Space
One of the major challenges related to space exploration is the development of production technologies capable of exploiting the few resources available in extra-terrestrial environments. Laser 3-D printing of lunar dust may be the answer to such queries. Reduction of elevated supply chain costs and times connected to space exploration were amongst the main drivers which brought together the joint investigation on behalf of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Department of Aerospace Science and Technology of the Politecnico di Milano on the feasibility of 3-D printing a lunar regolith simulant (NU-LHT-2M).