Mars Incubator - Phase 3: Level 4 of NASA’s 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge

Team Mars Incubator of New Haven, Connecticut, won third place in Phase 3: Level 4 in NASA’s 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge. Their design consists of four spaces – a vestibule, a primary living space, a multi-use space and a bio-generation area for plant growth.
The competition for this stage challenged teams to use modeling software to create a full-scale habitat design. This level built upon an earlier stage that required 60 percent design completion; for this round, submissions were 100 percent complete.
Entries were scored on architectural layout, programming, efficient use of interior space, and the 3D-printing scalability and constructability of the habitat. Teams also prepared short videos providing insight into their design as well as miniature 3D-printed models that came apart to showcase the interior design. Points were also awarded for aesthetic representation and realism.
NASA’s 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge aims to further the progression of sustainable shelters that will someday occupy the Moon, Mars or beyond by pushing citizen inventors to develop new technologies capable of additively manufacturing a habitat using indigenous resources with, or without, recyclable materials.

[AvatarOfBhaal]

Seems way too small for any kind of prolonged stay considering the occupants would have already traveled for months in cramped conditions.

Modular construction panels seems like a sensible way to go though.

[Hussein_Nur]

Congrats on getting third place, Mars incubator.

[JustJackOnYoutube]

What happened to Marsha and the hassell habitat?

[avionicstechshop]

Interesting. I thought you put out a video yesterday on vimeo explaining why Martian regolith couldn't be used for anything requiring an internal pressure as the unbalanced pressures inside opposing outside pressure would cause a structure to fracture and break?

[londonspade]

Thank god they have 4 plants growing, that's gonna keep the crew fed for about 2 days..

[marsincubator]

Original Video w/ out red blinks can be found at:

[buenaventuralosgrandes]

This is brilliant. For more efficient management they could use AI embedded system

[None.]

Do people actually think we're going to live on Mars or on the moon anytime soon? I mean do people still really believe that that's weird

[Choice]

so much over engineering...who's gonna waste so much space carrying plastics to waste them into lame mixed blocks ?