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Geek Culture / 3D printed moon building designs revealed

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Nickydude
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Posted: 1st Feb 2013 14:47 Edited at: 1st Feb 2013 14:47
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Quote: "Architects Fosters and Partners have revealed designs for a building on the Moon that could be constructed from material already on its surface. An inflatable structure would be transported from Earth, then covered with a shell built by 3D printers."


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21293258

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Posted: 1st Feb 2013 15:52
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Dunno how to feel about this. Building on the moon sounds great but I can't get that image of a giant Coke sign shining down on us one day out of my head. Not to mention that even in a more plausible scenario, what impact would it have on the moon's historic value if proper development became feasible then. Or worse: Lunar slums, lol. Really feel torn sometimes about some advancements and projects.


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Posted: 1st Feb 2013 23:55
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My question is... why?

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Posted: 2nd Feb 2013 00:07 Edited at: 2nd Feb 2013 00:07
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Quote: "My question is... why?"


The moon makes for a good base for deeper space exploration because it's easier to leave its gravity field than Earth's.

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MrValentine
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Posted: 2nd Feb 2013 00:44
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Wasn't there a guy selling Moon Land a while ago? made me laugh when I heard about it...

This is interesting but yeah I do hope brands stay the hell way from this...

I do not want to look up and see a giant G or V on the moon, though going by my name I would not mind a V as long as it did not have the rest of that companies name lol

Interesting stuff though...

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Posted: 2nd Feb 2013 00:49
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Who owns the moon? Is it like the South Pole where no one actually owns it?

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I do, sorry.


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Posted: 2nd Feb 2013 01:00 Edited at: 2nd Feb 2013 01:04
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how does the article omit the eye candy and/or links to such? bah!

Fosters & Partners

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btw, didn't IanM do this ages ago?

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So how was that restaurant on the moon? Oh the food was good, but it had no atmosphere.

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Posted: 2nd Feb 2013 01:06 Edited at: 2nd Feb 2013 01:07
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Posted: 3rd Feb 2013 20:32
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Wow, my joke must have really been bad.

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Moon hobbits!
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mr Handy
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Posted: 4th Feb 2013 15:41
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Can it print another moon using this moon?

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