Engineers revealed the first object ever printed on a 3D printer using “alien” material. The 3D printer was loaded with an asteroid that it used as “ink” to create the object. The object was revealed at CES in Las Vegas with the engineers noting that the technology could be used to build colonies on Mars using material found on the martian surface.
The object was printed with “ink” created from an asteroid that was crushed into powder. The meteorite used for the ink was found in Argentina from the Campo Del Cielo. The meteorite was made up mostly of iron, nickel and cobalt, which made the end product very similar to a refined steel product. Therefore, the engineers are hopeful that the same process could be used to build a colony on Mars.
The world’s 1st 3D printed object
