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Planetary Resources & 3D Systems Reveal First Ever 3D Printed Object From Asteroid Metals

Planetary Resources & 3D Systems Reveal First Ever 3D Printed Object From Asteroid Metals

Via Planetaryresources The future of space colonization and industrialization can now be visualized. Planetary Resources, in collaboration with our partner 3D Systems, have developed the first ever direct metal print from asteroid metals. At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) today in Las Vegas, NV., we unveiled the geometric object on the Engadget stage. (WATCH the full video HERE) This spacecraft […]

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Can We Turn Asteroids into Spaceships?

Can We Turn Asteroids into Spaceships?

Via Seeker.com Mining asteroids could enrich humanity with untold wealth, but while we’re out there, why not construct spacecraft out of the asteroid husks? A few decades from now, asteroids may be flying themselves to mining outposts in space, nobly sacrificing their abundant resources to help open the final frontier to humanity. That’s the vision of California-based company Made In […]

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