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Topic: NASA to send 3D printer to space station

http://www.space.com/26230-3d-printer-i … ation.html

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Re: NASA to send 3D printer to space station

For science!

This is a crowd funding thing that I'm running: http://www.gofundme.com/bvi140 It's for pretty selfish reasons tongue

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Re: NASA to send 3D printer to space station

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-30549341

Pretty short and to the point article. At the end, they mention a new idea they have for a lunar base. Awesome.

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Re: NASA to send 3D printer to space station

Thanks for the link to that article.  I'd heard they had a 3D printer on the space station, but to actually use it as a 3D "Fax" machine is great!  The Apollo 13 mission could have definitely used this.

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Re: NASA to send 3D printer to space station

Another article on the print. I find it hard to believe they did not have a ratcheting socket wrench on the ISS.

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Re: NASA to send 3D printer to space station

I'm sure they had one, probably just not that size. Look how short the handle is.

Also he's gonna have a bad time if he thinks he can use that thing to tighten a bolt.

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Re: NASA to send 3D printer to space station

elmoret wrote:

I'm sure they had one, probably just not that size. Look how short the handle is.

Also he's gonna have a bad time if he thinks he can use that thing to tighten a bolt.

Agree, I feel like this is basically an expensive novelty when you know the limited capabilities of FDM printed parts.

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Re: NASA to send 3D printer to space station

It does not mentione what material they printed with, I assume PLA? But the brittleness of it..did it work?

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Re: NASA to send 3D printer to space station

I believe it is actually being sent to NASA for inspection....but all articles I've read since the print either said what everyone knows, or were shadily worded on the results.

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Re: NASA to send 3D printer to space station

elmoret wrote:

I'm sure they had one, probably just not that size. Look how short the handle is.

Also he's gonna have a bad time if he thinks he can use that thing to tighten a bolt.

Well I'm sure it can meet the documented spec (3 in-lb) but that is a pretty  small amount of torque.  I originally thought maybe it was a torque wrench but after seeing the dis-assembly on another forum it is clear it is just a racheting socket driver.  So maybe Nasa added the 3 in-lb label before releasing to the public to be sure expectations are not too high - it *is* a rather large font...