Octagon > 3D Print

3D printing is done using various plastics. PLA (Poly Lactic Acid) is the mostpopular 3D printing filament for the most economical 3D printers found in most homes.

As all plastics are made of carbon, all we need to do to help our environment is take the CO2 from the air found on earth or Mars and turn it into plastics. This process requires a mastery of Chemistry and a fair amount of solar energy.

At Octagon, 3D printing is used to create the chemistry machines, the habitats and vehicles required for Space Eco Tourism. All 3D printing files are available at our Market Place. You can buy the products outright (pay and have them delivered to your home), buy the files or get them for free by contributing to their development.

The goal is to minimize the amount of mass required to be transported to your space eco tourism site. By ultimately 3D printing at the Space Eco Tourism locations, a significant mass savings is achieved by turning Air and Water into 3D printing filament. This, in the world of Interplanetary Space Travel, is called In-Situ Resource Utilisation