CNET: Mining asteroids to 3D-print space stations: Beyond pie in the sky?:
The idea is that it should be much cheaper and more efficient to build what’s needed to further space exploration using resources extracted from asteroids than shuttling materials from Earth. Imagine sending a robot into a mountain with some mining tools and a 3D printer. The robot mines material to feed into the 3D printer, which prints up more robots and supplies to build a smelter at the mouth of the mine, which is then used to build even bigger things.
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3D-Printing wird die Filesharingdebatte, die wir aus dem Urheberrecht kennen, in viele Branchen bringen, die noch nichts von ihrem Glück ahnen. Diese Branchen werden nacherleben, was die Tonträgerindustrie seit zehn Jahren durchmacht und was nun auch die Buchbranche und die Filmbranche erreicht hat.
