Zubrin’s Pioneer Astronautics tapped for research on Mars ISRU technologies
Parabolic Arc is reporting that NASA has selected Bob Zubrin’s Pioneer Astronautics for two Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II awards for continuing research on developing technologies for in-situ resource utilization on Mars. http://www.parabolicarc.com/2019/05/23/bob-zubrins-pioneer-astronautics-selected-nasa-sbir-phase-ii-awards/#more-68982
Latest news on NASA’s 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge
The top three competitors split $100K prize for generating virtual designs with modeling software. The contest will end with a head-to-head subscale structure print May 1-4, 2019, with an award of $800K: