{"id":167723,"date":"2020-11-18T15:49:01","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T15:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/?p=167723"},"modified":"2020-11-18T15:49:01","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T15:49:01","slug":"icons-project-olympus-looks-at-3d-printed-moon-habitats-for-nasa-artemis-construction-3d-printing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/icons-project-olympus-looks-at-3d-printed-moon-habitats-for-nasa-artemis-construction-3d-printing\/","title":{"rendered":"ICON\u2019s Project Olympus looks at 3D printed Moon habitats for NASA Artemis Construction 3D Printing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following in the footsteps of construction 3D print<\/a>ing<\/a> pioneers D-Shape and Contour Crafting, ICON, a developer of advanced construction technologies including robotics, software, and building materials, has been awarded a government Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract. The deal includes funding from NASA to begin research and development on Project Olympus: a space-based construction system that could support future exploration of the Moon. ICON will also dedicate a division of the company to focus on space.<\/p>\n

Other firms have theorized the use of construction 3D print<\/a>ing<\/a> for interplanetary habitats. The underlying idea is that human habitats need to be ready before humans get to a planet. So they need to be built automatically, by robots, 3D print<\/a>ers and 3D print<\/a>ing<\/a> robots. Construction 3D print<\/a>ing<\/a> pioneer Contour Crafting saw space habitats as one of the first application<\/a>s for the technology that goes by the same name. Another pioneer in this field, D-Shape, worked with the ESA and Norman Fosters on 3D print<\/a>ed Lunar habitats (read more about this in our recent Aerospace AMFocus 2020 eBook). Other firms (such as Ai SpaceFactory) have presented 3D print<\/a>ed habitat projects for Mars colonization in a recent contest run by NASA.<\/p>\n

\u201cBuilding humanity\u2019s first home on another world will be the most ambitious construction project in human history and will push science, engineering, technology, and architecture<\/a> to literal new heights,\u201d said Jason Ballard, Co-founder and CEO of ICON. \u201cNASA\u2019s investment in space-age technologies like this can not only help to advance humanity\u2019s future in space, but also to solve very real, vexing problems we face on Eart<\/a>h. We are honored to begin our research and development on ICON\u2019s \u201cProject Olympus\u201d and the \u201cOlympus Construction System.\u201d<\/p>\n

NASA has signaled that, through the Artemis program, the Moon will be the first off-Eart<\/a>h site for sustainable surface exploration. Building a sustainable presence on the Moon requires more than rockets. For a permanent lunar presence to exist, robust structures will need to be built on the Moon that provide better thermal, radiation, and micrometeorite protection than metal or inflatable habitats can provide. From landing pads to habitats, these collective efforts are driven by the need to make humanity a spacefaring civilization.<\/p>\n

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Known for its advanced 3D print<\/a>ing<\/a> technology for homebuilding on Eart<\/a>h, ICON has been awarded a SBIR Strategic Fund Increase (STRATFI) contract through the AFVentures managed \u201cOpen Topic\u201d process to advance the development of its 3D print<\/a>ing<\/a> technology, advanced materials and software. The SBIR is a competitive program that encourages domestic small businesses to engage in Federal Research \/ Research and Development (R\/R&D) that has the potential for commercialization. Through the support from NASA under the Air Force SBIR, ICON will continue to mature off-Eart<\/a>h application<\/a>s for potential use for sustainable lunar missions and develop technology with shared agency benefits for Eart<\/a>h and space.<\/p>\n

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In part<\/a>nership with NASA\u2019s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, ICON will test lunar soil simulant with various processing and printing technologies. The tests will help design, develop, and demonstrate prototype elements for a possible future full-scale additive construction system that could print infrastructure on the Moon. The new part<\/a>nership builds upon technology ICON demonstrated during NASA\u2019s 3D Printed Habitat Challenge in 2018.<\/p>\n

ICON has engaged two award-winning architecture<\/a> firms as part<\/a>ners for the audacious project: BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group, renowned for their iconic international architecture<\/a> and SEArch+ (Space Exploration Architecture), a company recognized on a global scale for their innovative \u2018human-centered\u2019 designs for space exploration. SEArch+ has over a decade-long association with NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center Human Habitability Division, Langley Research Center, Ames Research Center and leading aerospace<\/a> corporations, and BIG has worked on multiple concepts for the Moon and Mars in the past several years.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo explain the power of architecture<\/a>, \u201cformgiving\u201d is the Danish word for design, which literally means to give form to that which has not yet been given form. This becomes fundamentally clear when we venture beyond Eart<\/a>h and begin to imagine how we are going to build and live on entirely new worlds,\u201d said Bjarke Ingels, Founder and Creative Director, BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group. \u201cWith ICON we are pioneering new frontiers \u2013 both materially, technologically and environment<\/a>ally. The answers to our challenges on Eart<\/a>h very well might be found on the Moon.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEnsuring the safety of astronauts is primary to our work at SEArch+. As architects and designers, we strive to create aspirational spaces that enrich and celebrate human life. We are thrilled to support \u201cProject Olympus\u201d and come one step closer towards becoming an interplanetary species. 3D print<\/a>ing<\/a> with indigenous materials is a sustainable and versatile solution to off-world construction that will prove to be vital to our future here on Eart<\/a>h and in Outer Space,\u201d said SEArch+ Co-founders.<\/p>\n

For ICON, the journey to transform construction began with their delivery of the first, permitted 3D print<\/a>ed home in the U.S. in 2018. Since then, the team has broken ground on the world\u2019s first 3D print<\/a>ed community of homes in Mexico in part<\/a>nership with housing nonprofit, New Story (as seen on Apple TV+ docuseries, \u201cHOME\u201d), completed a series of homes serving the chronically homeless in Austin, TX with nonprofit Mobile Loaves & Fishes at Community First! Village and forged a part<\/a>nership with the Defense Innovation Unit and United States Marine Corps to train Marines to operate its technology and complete a field demonstration print at Camp Pendleton.<\/p>\n

ICON recently completed a $35M Series A round of financing led by Moderne Ventures that also included architecture<\/a> part<\/a>ner BIG in the round. Nearly doubling in size in the past year, the ICON team has made preparations to enter mainstream American housing, created a dedicated space program, expanded its offices to include a materials science laboratory and welcomed new team members in the fields of engineering, material science, operations and marketing. In 2020, the Austin-based technology company will break ground on additional projects including a multi-unit mainstream housing project in Texas while continuing to deliver dignified, resilient homes for those in need.<\/p>\n

Ballard, who is completing a master\u2019s degree in space resources at the Colorado School of Mines, continued, \u201cFrom the very founding of ICON, we\u2019ve been thinking about off-world construction. It\u2019s a surprisingly natural progression if you are asking about the ways additive construction and 3D print<\/a>ing<\/a> can create a better future for humanity.  I am confident that learning to build on other worlds will also provide the necessary breakthroughs to solve the housing challenges we face in this world.  These are mutually reinforcing endeavors.  Sometimes, for the biggest problems, it becomes necessary to look up at the sky and not only down at our feet.  It would be hard to overstate how difficult this will be, but the ICON team is up for the journey and delighted to undertake this monumental task with NASA, BIG, and SEArch+.\u201d<\/p>\n

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