What it takes to bring manufacturing to space

Marketplace Tech

American Public Media

Technology, News

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

President Donald Trump talks a lot about wanting to build more stuff here in the U.S. But the future of manufacturing might not even be on earth, but in orbit.

It might sound kind of out there — or way out there — but space manufacturing is already happening on a small scale. There's a mini boom of companies looking to do more of it, according to recent reporting in Wired by journalist Jonathan O'Callaghan. He says space has some unique qualities that make it attractive for manufacturing.

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