Space manufacturing
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Space manufacturing or In-space manufacturing is the fabrication, assembly or integration of tangible goods beyond Earth's atmosphere, involving the transformation of raw or recycled materials into co
A vision of a future Moon base that could be produced and maintained using 3D printing
Crystals grown by American scientists on the Russian Space Station Mir in 1995: (a) rhombohedral canavalin, (b) creatine kinase, (c) lysozyme, (d) beef catalase, (e) porcine alpha amylase, (f) fungal catalase, (g) myglobin, (h) concanavalin B, (i) thaumatin, (j) apoferritin, (k) satellite tobacco mosaic virus and (l) hexagonal canavalin.
Comparison of insulin crystals growth in outer space (left) and on Earth (right)
The Wake Shield Facility is deployed by the Space Shuttle's robotic arm. NASA image
Space-based economy
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Space-based economy is economic activity in outer space, including asteroid mining, space manufacturing, space trade, space burial, space advertising and construction performed in space such as the bu
Space manufacturing
…Self-replication Space-based economy Space colonization…
Artist's rendering of the Mars Ice Home concept. Space colonies are a common topic within space economy discussions.
Aurora Space Shuttle EO