Print your own satellite - in space

• Autores: Jacob Aron
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3035, 2015, págs. 8-9
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Made In Space, a Californian firm building 3D printers for use in orbit, is on the crest of a wave of private companies trying to get consumer space technology off the ground. They launched their first printer to the International Space Station last year, where NASA used it to print a wrench from a design that was entailed from Earth. Later this year, the company plans to launch a more advanced printer that will allow anyone on the ground to build things in orbit