Gsus4@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoMade in space? Start-up brings factory in orbit one step closer to realitywww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square54linkfedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down16cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ziptechnology@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·4 months agoI’m just confused about what products can be manufactured completely autonomously, in a 0G environment, and are profitable enough to make space-based manufacture economical.
minus-squareMangoCats@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoUnobtanium… Making things that can only be made in 0G, then bringing them back to Earth to sell. I suspect the manned ISS isn’t too keen to add a continuously operating 1000C furnace component to their collection of modules.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoAnything, because it’s a hell of a lot cheaper than launching finished products from Earth.
I’m just confused about what products can be manufactured completely autonomously, in a 0G environment, and are profitable enough to make space-based manufacture economical.
Unobtanium…
Making things that can only be made in 0G, then bringing them back to Earth to sell.
I suspect the manned ISS isn’t too keen to add a continuously operating 1000C furnace component to their collection of modules.
Anything, because it’s a hell of a lot cheaper than launching finished products from Earth.