Space manufacturing facilities

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   Mr N on August 5, 2024 at 1:30 am

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   Idea: Space manufacturing facilities

   Link: https://www.space.com/made-in-space-manufa...

   In-space manufacturing will be the key to deep-space exploration missions and colonising space.

   Off-Earth Manufacturing Could Help Astronauts Explore the Moon and Mars

   Link: https://www.space.com/made-in-sp

   A new era is coming.

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   Blinko on August 5, 2024 at 12:37 am

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   Idea: Space manufacturing facilities

   Link: https://www.airforce-technology.com/news/u...

   The U.K. is investing in space manufacturing for military components. This is so terrifying!

   UK invests into in-space manufacturing for military radar components - Airforce Technology

   Link: https://www.airforce-technology.

   Conditions in the vacuum of space would produce “pure” materials for use in radars and battlefield communications.

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   Tomwright on August 4, 2024 at 11:49 pm

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   Idea: Space manufacturing facilities

   Link: https://www.space.com/varda-in-space-manuf...

   Check out this pharmaceutical start-up that manufactured an antiviral drug in space.
   https://www.space.com/varda-in-space-manufacturing-capsule-landing-success

   Private Varda Space capsule returns to Earth with space-grown antiviral drug aboard

   Link: https://www.space.com/varda-in-s

   Varda Space Industries’ W-1 capsule landed in Utah Wednesday (Feb. 21) after nearly eight months in orbit.

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   Clever Dick on August 4, 2024 at 10:11 pm

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   Idea: Space manufacturing facilities

   Link: https://www.assemblymag.com/articles/98404...

   Space manufacturing is not science fiction or a dream project; it is already happening.

   Wichita State, NASA Focus on In-Space Manufacturing

   Link: https://www.assemblymag.com/arti

   Wichita State University is leading a new a three-year project to assist NASA’s manufacturing paradigm shift from “factories on earth” to “factories in space.”

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   Matt Leake on August 4, 2024 at 8:29 pm

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   Idea: Space manufacturing facilities

   Link: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/s...

   This is perfect! The zero-gravity in space can offer a conducive environment for manufacturing a wide range of products and materials.

   Building in zero gravity: the race to create factories in space

   Link: https://www.theguardian.com/scie

   Tech companies see big benefits in making drugs, harvesting stem cells and growing crystals in ‘off-Earth’ conditions

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