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TildalWave
TildalWave
12:50 AM
Pretty dead here so I'm off to Narnia ... I'll just set you up with links to the next event first ...
The Space Show w/ MIT Team behind recently published Mars One Feasibility Analysis will be podcast live at 3 am UTC/GMT (7 pm PST / 10 pm EST / 9 pm CST) here. More info in the newsletter. Shows are recorded and later downloadable in MP3 format here.
BTW if you're on Android and can't get the streams to play, copy the WMP or Winamp URL and open it in VLC player.
 
 
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XKCD
XKCD
6:53 AM
Hey guys! What's eating you? Ha ha ha it's me! Oh, what fun we have.
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Everyone
Everyone
2:14 PM
Hmm. ISS just produced their first 3-d print
Do they really gain by using a printer? Sure you have the opportunity to choose what to ematerialiate (is there such a word even??), but that mass has to be with you to begin with anyway.
 
Stu
Stu
2:49 PM
for those who celebrate, happy turkey day! @Everyone interesting point. I think the idea is that you never know what is going to break.
Instead of sending up every possible part, just send up a machine which can produce them as they break
as long as everything doesn't break at once (dear god), then it's a really good idea and you can actually save on mass
Also, if something breaks, it's probably better to fix it ASAP instead of wait for the next shipment from Earth.
 
Everyone
Everyone
Agreed there. Prima facie (until they invent the warp drive) a 3-d printer may serve as a panacea (almost!)
Wonder how much tolerance they can print something though ... it would have to be a damned good copy for me to use that gasket in my helmet against vacuum (+:
 
Stu
Stu
ha yea exactly. although i will say that the 3d-printer looks QUITE large since it's in some protective case
so part of me wanted to say "sure, just send up a giant bag of spare parts, problem solved!"
that's a good question.
 
Everyone
Everyone
Go ahead - build on it, and post (+:
I'm too hungry to do aught
bbiab
 
Stu
Stu
i would imagine they will first test it with simple components tools. probably will be a while before they have printer technology trustworthy enough for things like seals... could be wrong though
 
TildalWave
TildalWave
@Everyone now it is :)
@Stu You're from Norfolk Island? I thought that US celebrates it tomorrow
or is a "happy turkey day" a day before and when the president pardons one turkey?
 
Everyone
Everyone
3:13 PM
... and when it runs out of stock?
I've heard of Norfolk Island ... remember it from that Sherlock Holmes story. Norfolk builder adventure ...
 
TildalWave
TildalWave
3:45 PM
You sure that wasn't just Norfolk in UK? As in Norwich, Great Yarmouth et al.?
And Norfolk Island is here:
Quite a bit off England :)
 
Stack Exchange
Stack Exchange
4:36 PM
NASA Image of the Day: International Space Station’s 3-D Printer
posted on November 26, 2014

The International Space Station’s 3-D printer has manufactured the first 3-D printed object in space, paving the way to future long-term space expeditions. The object, a printhead faceplate, is engraved with names of the organizations that collaborated on this space station technology demonstration: NASA and Made In Space, Inc., the space manufacturing company that worked with NASA to design, b…

 
Everyone
Everyone
5:11 PM
:x I'm quite sure it was the adventure of the Norfolk builder ...
 

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