Reduced equipment and material upmass for off-Earth habitats. Production of a wide variety of ready-to-use highly specialized construction materials (radiation hardened, compressive/tensile, light or dense) from an extremely low starting mass, allowing for flexible production of working and living spaces tailored to off planet environments. In situ resource utilization. The ability to make a far greater range of materials and products out of the limited basic resource palette offered by existing in situ resource extraction techniques. If successful, this application would dramatically expand manufacturing capabilities on Earth and in space: Their combination presents significant challenges.
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