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

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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. šŸ‘‰ Watch our videos with no ads: https://www.patreon.com/universetoday šŸŸ£ Guest: Dr. Martin Bermudez https://www.skyeports.com/ 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 43:38 More interviews šŸ“ŗ VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/p-eGu_RGCOI šŸ“° GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter šŸŽ§ PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ šŸ“© CONTACT FRASER [email protected] āš–ļø LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast