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The Future of Manufacturing Might Be in Space
Products made in space—and used on Earth—could be a reality in the coming years.
A host of new companies are making use of the lower costs of launching into space, coupled with emerging ways to return things to Earth, to reignite in-space manufacturing. The field is getting “massively” busier, says Mike Curtis-Rouse, head of in-orbit servicing, assembly, and manufacturing at the UK-based research organization Satellite Applications Catapult. Eric Lasker, Varda’s chief revenue officer, says the market potential and health benefits could be “pretty dramatic” for products like this.
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