Prizes, Challenges, and Crowdsourcing
3D Printed Habitat - On-Site Habitat Competition
Project Description
The Phase 3: the On-Site Habitat Competition, completed in 2019, challenged competitors to fabricate sub-scale habitats, and had five levels of competition – three construction levels and two virtual levels. For the virtual levels, teams used Building Information Modeling software to design a habitat that combined allowances for both the structure and systems it must contain. The construction levels challenged the teams to autonomously 3D-print elements of the habitat, culminating with a one-third-scale printed habitat for the final level.
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The long-term vision is that habitat-manufacturing machines could someday be deployed to the Moon, Mars or beyond to autonomously prepare shelters for the human explorers who follow.
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Primary U.S. Work Locations and Key Partners
| Organizations Performing Work | Role | Type | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
Kennedy Space Center
(KSC)
|
Lead Organization | NASA Center | Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
| Bechtel Group, Inc. | Supporting Organization |
Industry
Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB),
Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB)
|
Huntsville, Alabama |
| Bradley University | Supporting Organization | Academia | Peoria, Illinois |
| Brick & Mortar Ventures | Supporting Organization | Industry | San Francisco, California |
| Caterpillar, Inc. | Supporting Organization | Industry | Irving, Texas |
Primary U.S. Work Locations
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Alabama
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Florida
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Illinois
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Pennsylvania
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Tennessee
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