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Scientists develop tech to 3D-print tools using Martian dust
short by Gaurav Shroff / on Sunday, 16 April, 2017
US-based researchers have developed a technology to 3D-print structures with NASA- approved simulants of Martian and lunar dust. The resulting structures were flexible, elastic, and tough. The 3D printing method could be used on the Moon or Mars to create tools, even buildings from local dust, researchers said, who are currently working to transform the rubbery objects into hard objects.