2134/17491 Athanasios Goulas Athanasios Goulas 3D printing of lunar bases using moondust Loughborough University 2015 3D printing Additive manufacturing Space additive manufacturing Moondust Lunar regolith On site resource utilisation Mechanical Engineering not elsewhere classified 2015-05-14 08:58:33 Poster https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/poster/3D_printing_of_lunar_bases_using_moondust/9558056 An investigation into using Selective Laser Melting (SLM), a modern powder-bed fusion category Additive Manufacturing/3D printing process, in order to fabricate structures out of non-traditional multi-component ceramic materials such as lunar regolith (moondust). The overall aim of this research is to investigate the feasibility/suitability of the SLM method for on-site (on the moon) manufacturing of various structures, parts/replacements for future space applications.