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NASA Seeks ‘FabLab’ Concepts for In-Space Manufacturing

Erin Mahoney

Preprint 2017/Jan 1, 2017/ 3 citations

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OpenAlexAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies · Spacecraft Design and Technology · Space exploration and regulation

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NASA is seeking proposals for development of a first-generation, in-space, multi-material fabrication laboratory, or FabLab, for space missions.

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