[NIAC 2025] NASA Just Funded A Project to Blow Space Structures Out Of Glass

NASA just funded a NIAC project to study the possibility of building large structures on the Moon, on Mars and in space out of glass. Blowing glass bubbles similarly to how it's done on Earth.

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NIAC Award. Lunar Glass Structure (LUNGS): Enabling Construction of Monolithic Habitats in Low-Gravity:

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/lunar-glass-structure-lungs-enabling-construction-of-monolithic-habitats-in-low-gravity/

• 00:00 Intro


• 01:25 How difficult is blowing glass


• 14:11 Moon habitat made of glass


• 29:07 Glass structures in space


• 33:17 What is NIAC like


• 40:57 Current obsessions


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