How Space Manufacturing is Paving the Way for Life on Mars With Andrew Rush of Made In Space
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2017
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Listen in as he talks about how 3-D printing on the International Space Station is paving the way for men to survive and thrive in space as well as how we Earth dwellers will benefit from the industrial age of space.
Here's a sampling of what you'll discover:
* How 3-D printing in space can keep astronauts safer and make space missions more affordable
* The two biggest challenges of 3-D printing in zero gravity
* What "Space Enabled" materials are and which one is set to make a paradigm shift in the future of telecommunications
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Almost Here, Round the Corner of Future Technology Podcasts with Richard Jacobs. |
| 0:07.9 | Future Technologies always to transform our lives for better or worse are the focus of this podcast. |
| 0:13.6 | Almost here means these technologies are now here and starting to be used. |
| 0:17.7 | We're just around the corner. |
| 0:19.7 | From Bitcoin to artificial intelligence, 3D around the corner, from Bitcoin to artificial intelligence, |
| 0:22.0 | 3D printing, blockchain, virtual reality, and more. |
| 0:26.1 | Hi, this is Richard Jacobs with Future Tech Podcast. Today I've got some really interesting |
| 0:31.3 | people to talk to. Andrew Rush, current CEO of Made in Space. |
| 0:38.3 | And we may hear from some of his cohorts in the call, but for the main part, Andrew. |
| 0:42.3 | So Andrew, how are you doing? |
| 0:43.3 | I do well, Richard. Thanks for having me. |
| 0:46.3 | Yeah, I wanted to interview you guys because I heard that you're doing 3D printing in space in zero gravity environments. |
| 0:53.3 | Is that right? That's correct. We've been actually 3D printing in space in zero gravity environments. Is that right? |
| 0:59.6 | That's correct. We've been actually 3D printing on the International Space Station since about 2014 and are embarking on a program to take that manufacturing capability |
| 1:07.5 | outside the ISS into the vacuum of space to be able to produce and |
| 1:12.6 | then ultimately assemble parts of spacecraft from feedstock that we ship up. |
| 1:18.5 | Wow, that's amazing. And 2014, so this is old news to make it joke. That's crazy. |
| 1:25.7 | So how did this happen? |
| 1:28.4 | I know that there's multiple 3D printing methodologies here on Earth. |
| 1:34.2 | Who came up with the concept to try to do it in space, and what are the advantages now that you can do it? |
| 1:40.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:40.9 | You know, at Made in Space, our big vision is to, you know, colonize space, to see people |
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