NASA research into 3D printed space fabrics for off world missions


NASA research into 3D printed space fabrics for off world missions

Raul Polit-Casillas, a systems engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, has described how 3D printing is in use to make advanced woven metal fabrics for use in space.Polit-Casillas and colleagues have made several prototypes, which at first glance look like chain mail, the 3D prints will be familiar

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