Members of the Penn State Den@Mars team of University Park, Pa., place 50 kilograms of weight on their 3D-printed dome structure in order to qualify for final testing, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017 at Caterpillar, Inc.'s Edwards Demonstration and Learning Center in Peoria, Ill. NASA's 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge is advancing the additive construction technology needed to create sustainable housing for deep space exploration. Teams are competing in Phase 2: Level 3, for $500,000 in prize money. Teams have to 3D-print structural habitat pieces that will be crush-tested and evaluated, and teams will b
Members of the Penn State Den@Mars team of University Park, Pa., place 50 kilograms of weight on their 3D-printed dome structure in order to qualify for final testing, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017 at Caterpillar, Inc.'s Edwards Demonstration and Learning Center in Peoria, Ill. NASA's 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge is advancing the additive construction technology needed to create sustainable housing for deep space exploration. Teams are competing in Phase 2: Level 3, for $500,000 in prize money. Teams have to 3D-print structural habitat pieces that will be crush-tested and evaluated, and teams will be awarded prize money for successful completion of competition objectives. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
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