ISS gets its first replicator « The HabitableZone

ISS gets its first replicator October 8, 2014 9:41 am SDG

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/09/21/nasa-and-elons-musk-spacex-make-3d-printing-histor.aspx

This actually makes a lot of sense for the ISS. The ability to print new parts rather than wait for the next capsule will be a huge boon tothe space station. Assuming of course the parts that are needed can be ABS. I can imagine a situation such as Apollo 13 where assuming they have enough time to wait for the print, they could forestall some emergency with this.

There won’t be any “Tea, Earl Gray, Hot” just yet, but dang if that “Made in Space” label isn’t enticing.

A Mom's Nightmare . . . by DanS 2014-10-08 10:19:26
- hadn't thought of legos as toner before by SDG 2014-10-08 11:16:05
  - ..."this printer had to be specially built to function in a zero-gravity environment" . . . by DanS 2014-10-08 11:36:50
    - clamp it to a workbench? by SDG 2014-10-08 14:07:46
      - I meant the "laying down of layers" in a micro-G environ. (n/t) by DanS 2014-10-09 05:22:14
        
        surface tension by SDG 2014-10-09 07:44:21
        
        Good point . . . by DanS 2014-10-09 08:43:19
        
        By interesting experiments... by SDG 2014-10-09 16:21:46
        
        But anyway . . . by DanS 2014-10-14 07:44:16
        
        Gravity isn't an issue for the basic process. by TB 2014-10-14 10:37:25
        
        That makes sense. Thx, TB. (n/t) by DanS 2014-10-14 14:25:15
        
        Cool stuff . . . ! by DanS 2014-10-10 10:11:05

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