NASA awards $100,000 for 3D-printed space habitat challenge

Washington: Two teams in the US have won awards worth $100,000 for completing the first stage of NASA's 3D-printed habitat challenge, which is aimed at creating living spaces to house astronauts in alien worlds.

The top scoring team Foster+partners of branch technology of Chattanooga, Tennessee earned $85,930, while the second top scorer team from University of Alaska bagged $14,070

A total of seven teams are working on a new technology that could someday be used to build space habitats from material on other worlds.