3D printer creates objects from NASA moon material
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Buzz Aldrin went without the option of 3D printing spare parts out of lunar materials (Photo: NASA)
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Researchers at Washington State University have successfully 3D printed basic shapes with simulated moon rock, offering the first glimpse of a future in which off world explorers or colonists may be able to fabricate parts and components composed of lunar or Martian surface matter.
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