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This New Printer Works in the Lonely Vacuum of Outer Space – Make:
- sandworm101 11y agoFrom my lay knowledge of space travel, they seem to have lots of other issues to address before, as the OP puts it, "structures will be produced in space that are much larger than what could currently fit into a launch fairing". Top of my list would be tidal forces in low orbit. It's microgravity, not zero gravity. If you extrude out a long structure it is going to bend ever so slightly. So you need either a brace (an existing big structure) or some sort of laser measurement to adjust the build process to compensate. >>>"In a vacuum there is no air to affect heat radiation" Shouldn't that be convection? Heat loss through radiation should be somewhat the same in a vacuum.