Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip to Space@mander.xyzEnglish · 18 days agoMade in space? Start-up brings factory in orbit one step closer to realitywww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up120
arrow-up120external-linkMade in space? Start-up brings factory in orbit one step closer to realitywww.bbc.comLudicrous0251@piefed.zip to Space@mander.xyzEnglish · 18 days agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squarejqubed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·18 days agoSo is the plan to send the whole “factory” up and bring it back down after it makes its production run? They said the next step is to test the heat shield.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days agoIf they scale up, it would probably be more efficient to keep the factory in orbit and send just the raw materials up and return the finished product.
So is the plan to send the whole “factory” up and bring it back down after it makes its production run? They said the next step is to test the heat shield.
If they scale up, it would probably be more efficient to keep the factory in orbit and send just the raw materials up and return the finished product.
That’s what I would’ve expected