During the past week, I've seen several stories about a Virginia Tech team that was working on a project to test 3-D printing in space. Why would you want to do 3-D printing in space? When something breaks on the international space station, wouldn't it be nice if the astronauts could just print the needed part rather than arrange for it to be shipped to them, which would take how long and cost how much?
The student quoted in this article, Sebastian Welsh, is a rising senior in computer science at Virginia Tech. It was pretty cool to see that the VT logo that was printed during their experiment.
Read more about this project:
Roanoke Times
VT News
3D Printing Industry
WSLS
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