I want to know what the difficulties are with 3d printing while in space
Not really any, to be honest. You can print upside down, or hanging from a ceiling at a weird angle and swinging around on earth already. But that’s plastics.
Metals? Those are fine powders that you absolutely do not want floating around a space station, it would need to be in a separate compartment. Also, you’d have to get the material up there to begin with, and it’s heavy.
Not really any, to be honest. You can print upside down, or hanging from a ceiling at a weird angle and swinging around on earth already. But that’s plastics.
Metals? Those are fine powders that you absolutely do not want floating around a space station, it would need to be in a separate compartment. Also, you’d have to get the material up there to begin with, and it’s heavy.