Oct 29, 2016
Mars Medical Challenge Asks Students to Design 3D Printable Items to Keep Astronauts Healthy on Mars
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: 3D printing, biotech/medical, education, engineering, space travel
The team of NASA, the American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME), and online educational platform Future Engineers has been a lot of fun to follow over the last year. Their collaborative 3D Printing in Space Challenges have resulted in some amazing, ingenious inventions from children as young as five years old, all aimed at improving the daily lives of astronauts now and in the future, on the International Space Station and, one day, on Mars.