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Introduction

Use what you find. That was the philosophy that drove the design for this French idea for an igloo-like building. It is made of iron oxide, the most prevalent mineral on Mars.

“We can build everything with 3D printing, right down to the closet hinges,” said Arnault Coulet, whose 3D printing company imagined the idea. Mars Ice House Using iron oxide is one way to build a Martian house. Using water is another way. Engineers from the United States and Japan envision constructing a 3D Ice House onMars.The sloping pyramid-shaped building would not be your average igloo, but one that acts as a shield to protect astronauts and their gardens from space radiation .