[minMars] Interesting in-situ manufacturing technology

[Alessandro Golkar]

The attached paper reports soil composition for some samples of martian
regolith. RepRap seems to work with polycaprolactone (polymeric chains of
methylene, CH2). Hope it is useful to foster further discussion.

Regards,
Alessandro

On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 4:03 AM, Wilfried Hofstetter <
wilfried.hofstetter at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Found an interesting article about an open source project with the goal
> of building a self-replicating 3D-printer:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RepRap_Project
>
> http://reprap.org/bin/view/Main/WebHome
> This would be of particular interest if one could use Martian regolith for
> printing. Does anyone know about the adhesive properties of Martian
> regolith?
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Wilfried
>
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