<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — NASA to send 3D printer to space station]]> https://www.soliforum.com/topic/6709/nasa-to-send-3d-printer-to-space-station/ Sun, 04 Jan 2015 14:28:58 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: NASA to send 3D printer to space station]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/77433/#p77433 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...

]]> Sun, 04 Jan 2015 14:28:58 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/77433/#p77433 <![CDATA[Re: NASA to send 3D printer to space station]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/77426/#p77426 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.

]]> Sun, 04 Jan 2015 13:59:02 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/77426/#p77426 <![CDATA[Re: NASA to send 3D printer to space station]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/77413/#p77413 It does not mentione what material they printed with, I assume PLA? But the brittleness of it..did it work?

]]> Sun, 04 Jan 2015 10:08:38 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/77413/#p77413 <![CDATA[Re: NASA to send 3D printer to space station]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/76127/#p76127 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.

]]> Mon, 22 Dec 2014 16:58:20 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/76127/#p76127 <![CDATA[Re: NASA to send 3D printer to space station]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/76126/#p76126 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.

]]> Mon, 22 Dec 2014 16:49:46 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/76126/#p76126 <![CDATA[Re: NASA to send 3D printer to space station]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/76122/#p76122 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

]]> Mon, 22 Dec 2014 16:13:14 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/76122/#p76122 <![CDATA[Re: NASA to send 3D printer to space station]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/75909/#p75909 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.

]]> Sat, 20 Dec 2014 00:33:10 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/75909/#p75909 <![CDATA[Re: NASA to send 3D printer to space station]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/75878/#p75878 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.

]]> Fri, 19 Dec 2014 19:05:09 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/75878/#p75878 <![CDATA[Re: NASA to send 3D printer to space station]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/58547/#p58547 For science!

]]> Thu, 12 Jun 2014 23:33:56 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/58547/#p58547 <![CDATA[NASA to send 3D printer to space station]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/58544/#p58544 http://www.space.com/26230-3d-printer-i … ation.html

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