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NASA Wants To Test 3-D Printing Aboard ISS

Posted by timothy on Saturday June 1, 2013 @08:08AM 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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Re:NASA Conversation: by game+kid · 2013-06-01 09:42 · Score: 3, Funny

"Houston, this is ISS. I've always wanted to finish downloading that in space, so I could say 'The Spread Eagle has landed.' "

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You can hold down the "B" button for continuous firing.
Hope it won't be a space gun... by G3ckoG33k · 2013-06-01 11:00 · Score: 2, Funny

Still, what jurisdiction would care?