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Innovative Approaches to Space-Based Manufacturing and Rapid Prototyping of Composite MaterialsThe ability to deploy large habitable structures, construct, and service exploration vehicles in low earth orbit will be an enabling capability for continued human exploration of the solar system. It is evident that advanced manufacturing methods to fabricate replacement parts and re-utilize launch vehicle structural mass by converting it to different uses will be necessary to minimize costs and allow flexibility to remote crews engaged in space travel. Recent conceptual developments and the combination of inter-related approaches to low-cost manufacturing of composite materials and structures are described in context leading to the possibility of on-orbit and space-based manufacturing.
Document ID
20120000697
Acquisition Source
Johnson Space Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Hill, Charles S.
(NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Date Acquired
August 25, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2012
Subject Category
Composite Materials
Report/Patent Number
JSC-CN-25424
Meeting Information
Meeting: SAMPE 2012
Location: Baltimore, MD
Country: United States
Start Date: May 21, 2012
End Date: May 24, 2012
Sponsors: Society for the Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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