TheChina National Space Administration（CNSA）已宣布计划成为第一个在月球上建立基础的国家，它将使用3D打印技术建造。
CNSA officials made the declaration yesterday in Beijing during a press conference for the国务院备用ion Office（SCIO）。在今年年初，该会议是在中国农历探索任务Chang’4之后举行的，该任务Chang'E 4在月球远处获得了第一次软降落。
Will the Chinese 3D print a house on the moon?
“Experts are still discussing and verifying the feasibility of subsequent projects. “We will make the decision according to the performance of Chang’e-5,” said Wu Yanhua, deputy head of the CNSA, who confirmed the launch of another lunar exploration (Chang’e 5), at the end of this year.
“我们希望[]测试一些技术，并为建立多个国家共享的联合农历基地做一些探索。例如，我们可以使用3D打印技术在月球上在月球上建造房屋吗？”
3D printing an extraterrestrial habitat
Created in 1993, the CNSA was established as a government institution to develop and realize China’s international obligations regarding space activities. After the success of theChang’e 4，CNSA宣布了Three successive missions that will further explore this uncharted lunar surface.
These missions will be designed to retrieve samples from the South Pole of the moon. This will ultimately assess the viability of building the 3D printed houses.
Furthermore, the CNSA staff claimed that the cost of the Chang’e 4 mission was equivalent to building one kilometer of an underground railway. Wu added, “We also have plans to send a probe to Mars in 2020.”
通过增材制造殖民空间
CNSA是计划使用3D打印定居空间的许多其他人。之前，NASA与佛罗里达州中央大学（UCF）为了找到一种方法火星上的3D打印结构. The researchers concluded that Martian soil (regolith) could be processed into a chamber which would be heated to approximately 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit (1648°C) to produce oxygen and molten metal.
研究公司fotec, part of the University of Applied Sciences in Austria, has also made steps towards 3D printed structures in space with a3D printed miniature igloo and corner of a wallin a composite material containing “Mars dust”. The objects were created as part of the Technology Research Program at the欧洲航天局（ESA）。
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Featured image shows CNSA officials at the press conference for the State Council Information Office (SCIO).Photo via ECNS.
