Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Replicators Have Arrived-- Paul Spudis

The Once and Future Moon
The techniques of three-dimensional printing will allow us to discover what makes life off-planet easier and more productive. 

From mapping Mars to gravestone images
As workers in the space industry look for ways to turn their talents into Earthbound jobs, one group has gone from mapping Mars to re-creating faces of the dearly departed. 


Blog for the RepRap project at www.reprap.org - a project to create an open-source self-copying 3D printer.

The video below is pretty technical.  If that bores you, maybe you shouldn't click on it.




Dr. Spudis on the Space Show.

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