NASA wants to build a 3D printed LINA moon base

Special agencies, as well as private companies, played cards in the direction of studying the Moon and Mars. This time, the novelty comes from NASA, which intends to create a 3D printed lunar base.

The LINA project, which brings together NASA and AI SpaceFactory, has already shown the first versions of the lunar bases of the future of mankind on our satellite.

Abbreviation for Lunar Infrastructure Asset, a LINA is a new mission by NASA and AI Space Factory to develop an advanced 3D printed lunar base to protect astronauts when they return to the moon, to Mission of Artemis.

The US space agency has invested in getting people back to the moon, and LINA is just an attempt to expand civilization beyond Earth. That is, to have a place on the satellite that is intended for people, as well as a place that is stable and minimizes the impact of human presence.

LINA is part of REACTan abbreviation for Relevant Environment Additive Construction Technology, which aims to develop construction technologies on the lunar surface.

A full-scale architectural and structural design will be carried out taking into account lunar conditions and the needs of the Artemis mission. The scalable structure will be 3D printed under simulated lunar conditions.

NASA explains.

As LINA's design suggests, the project will meet the needs of man on the Moon, from studying the lunar topography, to a strategic deployment that will extract resources from the Sun (as well as from the satellite's permanent shadows), to the ability to expand housing units.

LINA will be a system of sliding structures that can be a single unit, as well as give rise to several, will have a living area of ​​75 sq.m., and will have an area of ​​90 sq.m. dedicated to other astronauts. The 3D-printed structure is expected to welcome astronauts to the moon over the next decade and protect astronauts from solar particles, impacts, cryogenic conditions during moonlit nights and earthquakes.

For the development of LINA, a region of the Moon was chosen, in which the Sun is almost omnipresent, which allows the generation of solar energy.

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