<div>><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Agreed. This would be an awesome project to do. </span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">>It encapsulates a lot of smaller projects and focuses them toward a larger goal</span></div>
<div><br></div>+1<div><br></div><div>I wonder how viable a predominantly unmanned makerlab/ fablab might be?</div><div><br></div><div>I'm thinking semi-automated and/ or robotic-controlled 3D printing, laser cutting, welding, etc.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Could feedstock/ raw materials be viably ferried from Earth (or harvested from sources in space?) and fuel a useful space-based fabrication facility?</div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On 27 July 2012 11:02, Alex Cureton-Griffiths <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alexcg@gmail.com" target="_blank">alexcg@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Agreed. This would be an awesome project to do. It encapsulates a lot of smaller projects and focuses them toward a larger goal, and will have definite value and purpose in pushing mankind into space, as well as fixing a problem that clearly exists at present (i.e. having tools to make components to repair/augment spacecraft means a big reduction in weight/cost since no need to carry all the spare components themselves)<br>
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On 21 Jul, 2012, at 1:56 AM, cole santos wrote:<br>
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I think a hackerspace in space would be a fun project. It would need<br>
extreme ventilation and air filtration. Big inflatable bubbles around<br>
each area. Gravity can be had with a centrifuge. Each item could be a<br>
funded HSP project<br>
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On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 5:51 AM, Jerry Isdale <<a href="mailto:jerry@mauimakers.com">jerry@mauimakers.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Electron Beam Freeform modeling...<br>
> Thats a new one. Looks kinda like building stuff with a MIG welder... on a<br>
> small scale.<br>
> Gravity is an important part of all other additive manufacturing tech, and<br>
> subtractive is a big mess in no gravity<br>
> even a micro gravity well would help<br>
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> On Jul 19, 2012, at 5:48 PM, Alex wrote:<br>
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> Made-in-Space Parts Could Become Space Travel's New Norm<br>
> <a href="http://www.space.com/16656-space-manufacturing-3d-printing.html" target="_blank">http://www.space.com/16656-space-manufacturing-3d-printing.html</a><br>
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