Can you 3D print a 60 cm metal boom in free space? We're about to find out.
Last Sunday's SpaceX launch of its new Twilight rideshare program brought to orbit a range of products and experiments including one from Dcubed, a German company developing "in-space manufacturing" for solar arrays using "power-beaming and directed energy" technologies. The ARAQYS-D1 mission by Dcubed is to 3D print a 60 cm boom in free space as a proof of concept.
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