NASA Looks to 3-D Printing for Spare Parts for Space Station

Launch $1-billion-worth of spare parts to the International Space Station, and you can keep Earth's orbital outpost going for another decade. Send up some 3D-printing devices , and you invest in the ability to build everything on demand in space: space-station parts, astronaut tools, satellites, even spacecraft. [More]

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