Artist's illustration of ICON's envisioned Project Olympus lunar construction system in action on the moon.NASA has awarded the Texas-based company ICON $57.2 million for its, which is working to develop technology that will allow humanity to build outposts on the moon and Mars using locally available dirt and rock.
"To change the space exploration paradigm from 'there and back again' to 'there to stay,' we're going to need robust, resilient and broadly capable systems that can use the local resources ofand other planetary bodies," ICON co-founder and CEO Jason Ballard said in a statement today . "We're pleased that our research and engineering to date has demonstrated that such systems are indeed possible, and we look forward to now making that possibility a reality," he added.Artist's illustration of lunar infrastructure built by ICON's Project Olympus construction system, along with a SpaceX Starship in the background.
ICON is a pioneer in the use of advanced construction technologies here on Earth. For example, the company built the first-ever fully permittedhome in the United States in 2018 and has since delivered entire communities of such houses in the U.S. and in Mexico. The company launched Project Olympus in 2020, reasoning that its tech could help build critical infrastructure like landing pads, roads and habitats on the moon and
Space Spergs Fantasies
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A tad late...
Boa sorte!!
Is the picture true
DEVESTATION 💔 DESTRUCTION 🌑 StopMining NASA
Moonbase alpha here we come
probably should leave the moon alone just in case we fck it up.
Will that be enough to build a McDonald's?
Ridiculous. Look at all those resources that could be used on this planet right here. Clowns.
Which Texas company? Texas Instruments?
What are the point on building on the moon?
That's a crazy IDEA 😄
Colonization of any planet at this time is a mistake. We are not mature enough to handle such a task.
Whts d need🙄🙄🙄 Our earth panet has got so many beautiful locations.
That's no moon.
Set_ofthe_Sail TraMidd BrandonFugal
Dig underground bunker. Triple bulkhead entrance. Job done!
I see the 1st flaw no outhouse
3D printers are cost effective and will more than likely be the only way to build pods for protection and ultimately an infrastructure on our nearby moons&planets so we can eventually leap from planet to planet with re-fueling stations for spacex, nasa.
Lovely ideas
Wow things are happening 👍
Guess what state doesn’t allow unions. 😉😉😉
$57M in govt bucks means they’ve been tasked with putting together a space station model you can get at Toys R Us.
Wait! Texas can't build electric grids that work consistently, but NASA thinks they can build lunar housing 🙄
We cant even sustain our own planet lets stop wasting money
Wow. That is astounding.
This gonna be awesome
TX can’t even keep the power on or the water clean.
nothing is sacred anymore
And pizza ? 🍕
Too late they already have Lunar Operation Command center on the moon
There goes the Moon’s pristine climate and will make the view ugly..
Is that construction for the first Tesla charging station?
That little mound, 10:00 to the left, looks like a great place to build a small bar. People will be working on the moon, I'm sure they will be thirsty. The overheads a killer. 🤔
Schweet!
Hey, this production set looks even better than either Stanley Kubrick's 2001 or Apollo 11's lunar landing. Good work by the new Texan company on the block!
This is money we could be sending to Ukraine...
That's enough for what, one rocket launch ? Stop throwing money away.
🤣🤣 That's the bargain of the century! They'll take every penny and do nothing. I'd bet that contract on it. Did they build a 'wall' too?
Cracovia
Great future for space exploration...
Where can I apply?
cdrsalamander Kicker: Its 50k for 6 Mexicans with shovels and 50 million for the system that gets them there. And 7 million for their pocket.
WHY?
The Lunar HOA is now demanding changes.
Doesn't the moon get bombarded constantly, hence all the craters? Wouldn't it be better to make a subsurface installation?
The Real Truth About NASA is That NASA didn't reached to Moon The video they post years ago was fake many others space researchers poof that 🤣 And now they are going to build lunar system on Space. It's all fake no one in the world can land on moon.
Hate to see humans ruin another planet/moon.
I hope that I live to see human settlements on the Moon, what a time to be alive that would be.
BS
I want to see all this myself
I only see one purpose to say in the moon. Military deployment the rest is just a scape goat or excuses.
How many employees?
Now we talkin.
very cool
Interesting. I’m eagerly awaiting models 🤔
I will stay on earth. Have fun
Looks like a key element is being able to rent Handling Machines from the Martians.
You spend millions of dollars in vain, for an empty dream, you do not see the truth. Ziiiit errenkoy evladım
It is in the nature of humankind 'To Seek, To Search, and to Find' It is also in our nature to create new problems via the process. THAT is what makes life interesting.
Living areas Planets , People under the mountain architects for families built buildings in the past they live in it . There are no above-ground buildings on planets, there is life under mountains.
Humans cannot live on the moon and even die for an hour. If you build a house like an anthill under the mountain, your chance of survival is possible, even if it is short, Note the moon is not a place to live. think, wrong idea
$57 million LOL what are they going to do with that. It cost over a billion dollars to develop the Mars Rover (MER) and that's just a space car.
I call it ALLS in my book. American Lunar Landing Station 🥰👍❤️
roccoterlizzi robyleofrigio
Tories would have got them 77 million
What about all of the competition in Delaware ?
Can I drive the JCB?
Really believe that altering the Moon's mass can be dangerous
Beam me up Scotty.
Yeah tho tis already there .. either that or the astros refuse to see that someone is there .. Tho I don't think so that they don't know .. like tis obvious ..
NASAArtemis I want to help physically construct a base on the lunar surface. NASA PICK ME.
It’s a new space-race to colonize the moon …
Fiction
Only Rich & Luxurious people's will be live in Mars planet & Moon the natural satellite of 🌍. 😃