update on the system going to the Space Station.

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update on the system going to the Space Station.

Originally shared by Michael Interbartolo

3D Printing in space
a little bit more complicated than that Makerbot 3D printer you can buy online.
#scienceeveryday

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Thanks for posting.

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No sagging due to gravity. What impacts would 0G do for heat? Sorry I didn’t watch the video.

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REPRAP showed printing up-side-down years ago. -1G

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I spoke to a woman from this company at. Makercon. They aren’t building a zero-G printer, they’re building a printer that’s sure to survive the launch, and tuning it for zero-G.

They need a custom machine like this to make absolutely sure it’ll make it up undamaged. Launching an ultimaker that has a 20% chance of being damaged in an experiment ending way would be gambling a huge opportunity cost on the launch.