Space Habitats – NewSpace Chicago

Event Thu 6/13: 4th Planet Logistics

May 29, 2019 May 29, 2019Events

Join us for a discussion with noted explorer, adventurer and CEO of 4th Planet Logistics, Michael Chalmer Dunn. His company is developing technologies for creating habitats from naturally occurring terrestrial lava tubes analogous to the Moon and Mars in order to allow humans to find a new home in the future. Michael will discuss the history and validation for using subterranean location as a practical and cost effective approach to the establishment of continuously crewed…

Event Thu 6/14: NASA Centennial Challenge

May 25, 2018 May 25, 2018Events

Future missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond will require innovative options to shelter our explorers, and we won’t be able to carry all of the materials with us from Earth. NASA’s 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge, a Centennial Challenges competition, seeks ways to create or develop the technologies needed to create such habitats on-site, and challenges citizen inventors to lead the way. The goal of the 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge is to foster the development of new…