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NASA Wants To Test 3-D Printing Aboard ISS

Posted by timothy on from the it-puts-the-droplets-in-the-bucket dept.

coondoggie writes "NASA wants to test out 3-D printing technology onboard the International Space Station to find out if the technology could be used to manufacture parts in space." NASA may not be creating any production parts this way for a long time yet, but they've got to start somewhere.

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  1. Weaponizing space by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The 3d printers are just there to make guns in space. And once they made those, where will it end? By the end of the century they will be 3d printing space based lasers.