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That feeling when your work space gets snowed in…

But our team didn’t let the cold stop them from accomplishing our mission. To build TERAs in-situ in various environments, we need to understand how to work around environmental factors. After a series of tests and adjustments, we have successfully tested prints in weather as low as 40°(F), an incredibly daunting task that the crew accomplished in 3 months.

Every challenge we face just inspires us to push past barriers- surpassing the limitations that could circumvent our progress. There are many unique climates in which we’re looking to print TERA. Do you know anyone who has a plot of land and wants to invest in our mission? Send them the link https://www.aispacefactory.com/tera-pilot to be part of our Pilot Program.

Refining MOBI’s technology before printing TERA in cold temperatures has been an informative challenge.

Winter has been a catalyst for the development of technologies that can construct buildings autonomously through the rain, snow and freezing cold. The wet Northeast climate has certainly tried to put a damper on our team, but we aren’t prepared to throw in the towel. Our engineering, design and architecture teams collaborated to create and test out a number of solutions to work around the environment of Upstate New York – a first within the industry.

Interested in owning a TERA yourself? We’re giving select landowners the opportunity to build one (Click the link to the apply https://www.aispacefactory.com/tera-pilot)

We’re almost a full month into 2020 and the team is finishing up resiliency tests for the biggest obstacle to 3D printing in-situ: weather.

While temperatures decreased, our team faced new challenges: the very quality that makes our material twice as strong as concrete and far more sustainable is the same quality that makes the material temperature sensitive.

Weather is one of the most unpredictable factors in resiliency tests, which is why so many researchers and companies have failed to execute 3D printing tests outside, especially in shifting environments like that of the Northeast. Being the first to print outdoors in this climate (something absolutely crucial for sustainable, in-situ resource mobilization), means not only pushing 3D printing technology beyond what is currently possible; it means creating the first-ever pipeline for the development of technologies that can autonomously print in a variety of climates.

With the TERA Pilot Program, we’re going to add a variety of other climate zones to our pipeline, taking this technology beyond the threshold of what’s possible in sustainable construction on and off this Planet. (Click the link https://www.aispacefactory.com/tera-pilot for more info about our Pilot Program!)

Rain, snow and wind have pushed our technology beyond the threshold of what’s been possible in construction and 3D printing.

Printing through the elements is key for autonomous in-situ resource mobilization (ISRU) on and off Earth. While printing on Mars may not come with rain or snow storms, we’ll have to account for other unique challenges such as dust storms, the strongest winds topping at 60 miles per hour (about 96 km/h). On Earth, remote locations and extreme climates where homes are desperately needed pose additional elemental hurdles. We’re looking to build in locations that would allow us to continue resiliency testing in other ways - whether it’s an off-grid environment, has hail storms, or exists in a harsh environment like a hurricane zone or the arctic - to push our technology further.

Know anyone who has a plot of land and wants to invest in our mission? Send them this link https://www.aispacefactory.com/tera-pilot to be part of our Pilot Program.