NASA trials 3D printing electronics in low gravity in nod to future space colonies
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin outlines plans for first deliveries to the Moon in 2023
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Cheaper access to space is leading to a new race to explore it and commercialise it in new ways. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Amazon is already king of retail. They’re...
Hassell and NASA show off their fantastic Martian habitat concepts
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Being able to 3D print buildings on the Moon means optimising 3D printing technology and processes, operating lean, and being as efficient as possible – which one day could revolutionise how we build buildings on Earth. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community,...
NASA and Nokia team up to build the Moon’s first 4G network
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Early Moon colonists will need connectivity too, as well as their daily dose of internet cat sattire. Interested in the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from our XPotential Academy, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Over half the people on the planet don’t...
NASA partners with ICON to 3D print its future Moonbase
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF While 3D printed buildings are disrupting how we build buildings on Earth off world it looks like it’s going to be the defacto standard. Interested in the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from our XPotential Academy, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. All...
The US government unveils plans to build a nuclear power station on the Moon
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF When we do eventually build a colony on the Moon the colonists will need power, this is one way to achieve that, but there are others … Interested in the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from our XPotential Academy, connect, watch a keynote,...
NASA unveils plans to grow homes on Mars and the Moon out of fungi
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As odd as this might sound it’s actually a very logical idea when you think about it, and NASA aren’t the first to think about growing homes or cities out of plants. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog....
China announces plans to build a Moonbase in the next decade
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Space exploration and building colonies on Mars and the Moon are in vogue as countries and billionaires vie to out do one another. Just like the European Space Agency, Jeff Bezos, who wants to also move heavy industry off Earth, and NASA, China has...
