** The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond **

[Trig]

Yeah, thats why I don't use remanufactured toner cartridges, as you never know how many times its been 'refurbished'..

 

[steve45]

Scott Manley's analysis.

 

[LostCorpse]

this might interest some :

Berkeley researchers’ SpaceCAL 3D printer successfully operates in space

In a significant advancement for space technology, a team of UC Berkeley researchers, led by doctoral student Taylor Waddell, successfully launched a 3D printer into space. As part of the

www.dailycal.org

As part of the Virgin Galactic 07 mission, the team sent a 3D printer named SpaceCAL to space to explore the potential of Computed Axial Lithography, or CAL, and additive manufacturing in space... During its 140-second flight in suborbital space, the SpaceCAL printer autonomously detected microgravity and printed four test parts: two space shuttles and two Benchies, or 3D-printed boats created to check the printer's accuracy, according to Sean Chu, a member of the team who worked on designing structures and mechanisms. Within the 140 seconds, the process involved multiple steps such as printing, post-washing, flushing with water and post-curing with light to fully solidify the parts.

 

[LostCorpse]

i know this isnt space flight but :

Underground moon cave could be 'future base for astronauts'

An underground cave system could be the perfect hideout for lunar scientists.

metro.co.uk

An underground moon cave that stretches tens of metres beneath an open pit could be a potential lunar base for future astronauts..

so luna base in near future with potentally good enviromental protections

 

[StriderX]

I'm sure the first country that claims that won't immediately shoot anyone else.

 

[LostCorpse]

surely not, we are all civilized... right?