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Architectural Technologist – Space the final frontier, where no Architects has been before

September 21, 2009 in CAD, Vectorworks

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In a news item sent out today from Building magazine, they announce that Foster & partners are bidding to build in outer space. After dominating the architecture scene for 40 years, Norman Foster seems to have decided that the world is not enough: his practice has joined a European consortium to look into how future structures could be built on the Moon. So get your CV uptodate and add that all important conceptual construction of moon base alfa

Source: Konstrukshon CPD Weblog – Architectural Technologist – Space the final frontier, where no Architects has been before
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USGS Astrogeologists Contribute to “Moon in Google Earth”

July 24, 2009 in AutoCAD, CAD

Astrogeologists at the U.S. Geological Survey here provided critical data sets used in the latest release of planetary exploration tools from Google, Inc. The updated software enables users to explore the moon in high detail, including the Apollo 11 landing site.
Google Inc. and NASA Ames Research Center consulted USGS scientists, cartographers, technicians, and programmers from [...]

Source: Eric D. Colburn, Professional Land Surveyor – USGS Astrogeologists Contribute to “Moon in Google Earth”
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