NASA wants to carry out a 3d printer in the international space station (ISS). The space agency wants, as to view, or 3d-printing technology can be used for printing, for example, spare parts.
The firm Made in Space, NASA entered into a contract for the delivery of a 3d printer in the weightlessness of objects on the basis of plastic can print. According to the plan will by Made in Space developed 3d printer in 2014 final must be approved by NASA. Yet in the same year the 3d printer to the international space station (ISS) will be brought to the test.
According to Made in Space, a company founded in 2010, is a 3d printer already extensively tested in weightlessness by the device proefobjecten print during parabolic flights. By the 3d printer in the ISS testing, the company wants more data about the operation of such hardware in zero-g.
NASA sees a big future for 3d printers in its space programs. Not only can the technology be used for, for example, the printing of parts that can be reused, but may be 3d-printing in the long term also be used outside the earth together with robots ruimtevaartschepen to assemble. Also see NASA’s capabilities to 3d-printers for the construction of bases for astronauts, for example, for manned missions to Mars. The ESA has similar ideas.
