NASA to launch 3-D printer into space to create tools

vienna · 10-01-13, 03:08 PM

Looks like NASA is edging closer to the old "Star Trek" replicators:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...icle-1.1472443

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eddie · 10-01-13, 07:33 PM

Its amazing isn't it!

Buddahaid · 10-01-13, 11:49 PM

OMG! They're going to make plastic gunz in space! Sorry I couldn't resist that. I'm curious how weightlessness will effect the process.

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Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,319 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	OMG! They're going to make plastic gunz in space! Sorry I couldn't resist that. I'm curious how weightlessness will effect the process. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie