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Texas-based construction 3D printing firmICON从中获得了5720万美元的合同NASA开发一个越野施工系统。
As part of a Phase III of NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, ICON has been awarded nearly $60 million to build upon its previous work as part Project Olympus. Thus far, this mission has seen the company work with architecture firms大和搜索+要开发一台可以从月球岩石上打印永久性月球结构的新机器。
“To change the space exploration paradigm from ‘there and back again’ to ‘there to stay,’ we’re going to need robust, resilient, and broadly capable systems that can use the local resources of the Moon and other planetary bodies,” said ICON Co-founder Jason Ballard. “We’re pleased that our research and engineering to-date has demonstrated that such systems are indeed possible, and we look forward to now making that possibility a reality.”
“这份合同的最后可交付将是人类在另一个世界上的第一个建筑，这将是一个非常特殊的成就。”
图标的Vulcan 3D打印技术
图标专门研究建筑3D打印，更具体地说，是其开发Vulcan 3D打印机。该公司的15'x 46'-6''系统旨在实现成熟的两层楼房屋的生产，能够利用机器人技术，其Buildos软件及其专有的Lavacrete材料来创建具有Precision的大型体系结构。
In the past, ICON has worked with non-profit organization新故事to deploy its technologies in the 3D printing of affordable housing for those in need. In May 2019, the company fabricated the ‘world’s first 3D printed community’ in Latin America, and since then, it has gone on to3D print houses for low-income families在墨西哥。
ICON has also committed to building a奥斯丁的3D印刷住房综合体。与旁边设计Lennar和theBig-Bjarke Ingels集团, these homes were initially scheduled to ‘break ground’ this year. Elsewhere, the firm has worked with the德克萨斯军事部门（TMD）开发一个3D印刷营房同样，旨在在训练期间容纳部队。
随着奥林匹斯项目的进展
Set up with the aim of returning astronauts to the Moon by 2024, the Artemis Program has already deployed 3D printing in the development of rocket engines and a lunar lander. But with Project Olympus, NASA has sought to take its use of the technology a step further, by contracting ICON to develop a means of using it to build off-world structures.
作为回应，Icon开发了“ Olympus”，这是一种多功能构造系统，旨在进一步努力在月球上建立存在。尽管该公司已经参与了项目一段时间，但现在已经透露，它打算将其硬件启动到太空中，以查看其在零重力中的性能。
Icon说，除了这次重力模拟飞行外，它还计划与Apollo任务中带回的Lunar Regolith样品合作，以确定其在模拟的月球重力中的机械行为。根据该公司的研究，其研究结果将产生“为未来的月球建设方法提供信息”的结果，包括与着陆垫，爆炸罩，道路和其他关键基础设施有关的结果。
NASA更广泛地说，通过Artemis计划，它希望开发能够实现可持续地面探索的地球网站。话虽如此，Icon的3D印刷的月球基地最终将需要提供热，辐射和微历史保护，同时促进定居者为“居住在土地上”的努力，从而进一步推动NASA使人类使人类成为太空的文明的努力。
基于Regolith的添加剂制造
虽然使用增材制造在月球上建造结构可能听起来更像是科幻电影中的东西，而不是现实，但该概念已经开发了多年，有几个国家从事研发。
俄罗斯航天局Roscosmosannounced in 2019 that it aims to support long-term lunar missions byRegolith的3D打印结构。根据Roscosmos负责人Dmitry Rogozin的说法，俄罗斯宇航员将在2030年登陆月球，然后这些技术可能会促进其长期计划，以留在月球表面。
中国国家太空管理(CNSA) also plans to be the first country to establish a base on the Moon. TheCNSA的3D印刷结构计划在2019年中国的Chang'e 4模块成功降落之后，宣布了。
Elsewhere, theTechnical University of Braunschweig和laser technology specialistLaser Zentrum Hannover E.V.（LZH），正在研究将Moondust变成建筑材料也。在他们的研究中，该团队建议将三公斤激光熔化机安装到漫游器上，并作为便携式制造系统运送到月球。
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功能图像显示了NASA的Vulcan 3D打印机安装在NASA Johnson航天中心。通过图标照片。
