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ISS astronaut uses 3D printer to make socket wrench in space
- bootload 12y ago"... Engineers at Made in Space, which built the experimental printer, overheard space station astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore mention on the radio that he needed a socket wrench. The company used computer-aided design (CAD) to draw up plans, produced an earthbound version of the spanner for safety certification by Nasa, then had the plans relayed to the ISS, where it took four hours to print out the finished product. ..." The future is here, it's just distributed unevenly.