Makerbot and NASA Team for Mars Based, 3D Design/Printing Contest

[Brian_Krassenstein]

Makerbot has teamed up with NASA to launch a pretty interesting 3D design competition. They are giving away a Makerbot Replicator as well as several spools of Makerbot printer filament. The contest will run from now until June 12th, and seeks out the best design for a possible future Mars base. Winners will be announced on the Makerbot blog on June 25th. More details on this 3d printing contest can be found here: http://3dprint.com/4810/nasa-makerbot-mars-base-contest

If any of you guys decide to enter, please post your designs or links to their Thingiverse page, here for us to comment on!

[f.larsen]

WAIT WAIT... lol... okay wait.... so, they patent designs on thingiverse submitted by users and... now.... they want you to design a mars base.

I mean I'm still playing the latest XCOM, so... I'm in for designing something utilitarian, I just find that there is a certain amount of irony here.

[aamit81]

Hello Brian 3dprint.com shows wrong information about winning, there are just 3 prizes in total, no grand prize as mentioned. Check the terms and conditions..