... be sunshades assembled on-orbit from Earth-launched components. Then, Earth-launched membranes could be installed on trusses additively-manufactured in space; these structures can be arbitrarily large since they will not have to fit inside a launch...
... limited or restricted by environmental legislation. Topics that are being worked on include green propellants and Additive Manufacturing (AM), popularly known as 3D-printing. ESA is creating a handbook on the application of LCA to the space sector...
... kerosene propellants and produces a thrust of 30 kilonewtons (kN). The four main engine components have been built by additive manufacturing (metal 3D printing), which was then followed by final machining and assembly. The SK-1 will be fully capable...
... Observatory Edinburgh. At the Sci-Tech Daresbury campus in Cheshire businesses are capitalising on STFC’s purpose-built additive manufacturing facility to progress their business ideas with support from the ESA BIC UK. STFC recognises that early...
... He volunteers for numerous space organisations and is on the National Space Society’s Space Ambassador Committee. He is an additive manufacturing mentor for summer interns, and a guest speaker/exhibitor/judge at the Cities in Space competition. Jeff...
... Idaho. Zak Wilson was chief engineer of HI-SEAS mission III and is running a study titled ‘Remote Support of Additive Manufacturing on Martian Analogs’ during HI-SEAS mission V as a continuation of the 3D printing work he started during mission III...