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The Future of Extraterrestrial Construction
By partnering the construction and aerospace industries, the technological challenges of extraterrestrial construction can be overcome. The question is how and when?
By Candy King
January 31, 2019
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by Candy King
Candy King has worked in the construction industry for 10 years. She received her Master of Science in Building Construction Management from Purdue University in 2017. Her research, Mission to Mars: The Future of Extraterrestrial Construction, was supervised by Dr. Randy Rapp of Purdue University. Candy seeks to combine her passions for cosmology and construction to inspire research and innovation and to contribute to the conversation of space exploration.
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