Tag: manufacturing
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NASA funds in-space manufacturing demo that will test Tethers Unlimited technology
An artist’s conception shows Maxar Technologies’ SPIDER robot assembling a communications antenna for the Restore-L spacecraft. (Maxar Technologies Illustration) NASA has awarded a $142 million contract to Maxar Technologies for a demonstration of in-space construction technologies, including the robotic assembly of a communications antenna and the production of a structural beam. The beam-manufacturing device, known…
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Why asteroids loom as a future space frontier for mining and manufacturing
In this artist’s conception, a mining spacecraft makes a rendezvous with an asteroid. (SpaceResources.lu) It’s been 55 years since satellite communications became the first commercial space frontier, and space tourism is looming as the next frontier. But what comes after that? Would you believe in-space mining and manufacturing? Those are the opportunities that came to…