3D-Printing a Future Moon Base (Gallery)

by Miriam Kramer, SPACE.com Staff Writer | February 01, 2013 04:11pm ET

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Lunar Base by Foster + Partners

Credit: ESA/Foster + Partners

In this artist's rendering, a 3D printing robot pours layer after layer of hardened lunar dirt and dust onto an inflatable dome shell, 3D printing a lunar base.

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Miriam Kramer, SPACE.com Staff Writer

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Miriam interned at Popular Science, Popular Mechanics and Oak Ridge National Laboratory before coming to SPACE.com. She graduated with her degree in journalism from the University of Tennessee after working with the microbiology and anthropology departments. She received her master's in science, health and environmental reporting from New York University. To find out what her latest project is, you can follow Miriam on Google+.

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