British scientists have made a 3D printer specifically for use in space under zero gravity conditions. (RT: 3D metal printer that works in zero gravity developed by British scientists)
Unknown whether that's the actual result of the new printer but it looks remarkably like Brown-25, a stunning science breakthrough from the Uranus Corporation.
- "The Groove Tube" (1974)
The idea of 3D printing in space has so many applications and this was our pick for how future space miners when they pull the resources out of the Moon or asteroids. Those clever astrominers should be running spacebots which not only mine the appropriate resource but 3D print it to create the required product(s).
When you can only get a spare part of from Earth, it's invaluable to have a 3D printer to make parts yourself.
We had talked a bit previously about mining asteroids and there was some thought to moving the asteroid before doing anything with it. However, weightless isn't massless and it would take enormous power to move an asteroid. Therefore, the 'bots have to go to the 'roids and mine / process what they find. Maybe the astrominer is parked on one asteroid while his or her 'bots are mining various 'roids in the vicinity and s/he sits back to monitor them as the Miner King in Space.
Unknown whether that's the actual result of the new printer but it looks remarkably like Brown-25, a stunning science breakthrough from the Uranus Corporation.
- "The Groove Tube" (1974)
The idea of 3D printing in space has so many applications and this was our pick for how future space miners when they pull the resources out of the Moon or asteroids. Those clever astrominers should be running spacebots which not only mine the appropriate resource but 3D print it to create the required product(s).
When you can only get a spare part of from Earth, it's invaluable to have a 3D printer to make parts yourself.
We had talked a bit previously about mining asteroids and there was some thought to moving the asteroid before doing anything with it. However, weightless isn't massless and it would take enormous power to move an asteroid. Therefore, the 'bots have to go to the 'roids and mine / process what they find. Maybe the astrominer is parked on one asteroid while his or her 'bots are mining various 'roids in the vicinity and s/he sits back to monitor them as the Miner King in Space.
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