Re:Factories in Space
by Retric on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @02:01PM
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We’ve had space assembly for decades, just look at the ISS which both consists of many modules and used regular fuel deliveries to maintain orbit etc.
Manufacturing seems possible but is several orders of magnitude more difficult because many processes on earth simply aren’t viable without access to earths vast array of manufacturing infrastructure, organic chemicals, or even gravity.
Manufacturing seems possible but is several orders of magnitude more difficult because many processes on earth simply aren’t viable without access to earths vast array of manufacturing infrastructure, organic chemicals, or even gravity.