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"As soon as we can get it going, we would want to start having some type of presence on the moon sustainably," she told Fortune.

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D printers will make the tools, structures, and habitats space pioneers need to survive in a hostile alien environment.

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3D printers will make the tools, structures and habitats space pioneers need to survive in a hostile alien environment. They will enable long-term human presence on the Moon and Mars.