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Re:Factories in Space by bell-cot on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @11:38AM (#36126124)
Any particular reason to believe that "in space" would make 3D printing of organs substantially easier?
Re:Factories in Space by pixl97 on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @11:44AM (#36126200)
Because gravity is a bitch when making squishy things. They like to collapse under their own weight before they can harden. Imagine a pipe that is rigid when fluid is flowing though it, but collapses and sticks together when none is present. There would be a massive amount of difficult in attempting to print/build said pipe under pressure.

In zero gravity you don't have to worry about pressurizing it, but you do exchange a new set of difficulties.

Re:Factories in Space by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @11:55AM (#36126354)
> gravity is a bitch when making squishy things. They like to collapse under their own weight before they can harden.

It’s much cheaper to master fluid suspension.

Re:Factories in Space by LispSporks22 on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @02:11PM (#36128347)
I imagine a whole new wave of “innovation” for VC, it’s like Uber, but in space
Re:Factories in Space by akiselev on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @02:31PM (#36128628)
PIGS [1] in spaaaaace.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigging

Re:Factories in Space by jjoonathan on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @02:51PM (#36128926)
Oh, there will probably be several booms and busts. Stocks will go to the moon, and then back to earth, and then to the moon, etc. So it goes.