<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — NASA to send 3D printer to space station]]> 2015-01-04T14:28:58Z PunBB https://www.soliforum.com/topic/6709/nasa-to-send-3d-printer-to-space-station/ <![CDATA[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...

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/6045/ 2015-01-04T14:28:58Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/77433/#p77433 <![CDATA[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.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/4188/ 2015-01-04T13:59:02Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/77426/#p77426 <![CDATA[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?

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/6232/ 2015-01-04T10:08:38Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/77413/#p77413 <![CDATA[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.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/55/ 2014-12-22T16:58:20Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/76127/#p76127 <![CDATA[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.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/221/ 2014-12-22T16:49:46Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/76126/#p76126 <![CDATA[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.

https://medium.com/backchannel/how-we-e … 46eed00c98

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/55/ 2014-12-22T16:13:14Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/76122/#p76122 <![CDATA[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.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/7654/ 2014-12-20T00:33:10Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/75909/#p75909 <![CDATA[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.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/4188/ 2014-12-19T19:05:09Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/75878/#p75878 <![CDATA[Re: NASA to send 3D printer to space station]]> For science!

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/3013/ 2014-06-12T23:33:56Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/58547/#p58547 <![CDATA[NASA to send 3D printer to space station]]> http://www.space.com/26230-3d-printer-i … ation.html

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/4188/ 2014-06-12T20:36:42Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/58544/#p58544