Name: How to build for human life on Mars
Uploaded: 2022-09-26T14:52:41Z
Duration: 10 min 41 s
Description: We're going to be building on the Moon this decade -- and next will be Mars, says space architect Melodie Yashar. In a visionary talk, she introduces her work designing off-world shelters with autonomous robots and 3D printers and explores how it might help uncover radical solutions to some of the problems troubling humans on Earth today.

We're going to be building on the Moon this decade -- and next will be Mars, says space architect Melodie Yashar. In a visionary talk, she introduces her work designing off-world shelters with autonomous robots and 3D printers and explores how it might help uncover radical solutions to some of the problems troubling humans on Earth today.

Melodie Yashar: How to build for human life on Mars

How to build for human life on Mars

Deploying 3D printers and construction robots on Mars could prebuild habitats, using local materials to combat extreme conditions.

Mars Dune Alpha, a 3D-printed habitat at Johnson Space Center, simulates Mars missions, offering insights for future off-world living.

Autonomous 3D printing on Mars promises revolution in building, potentially solving Earth's pressing housing and sustainability crises.