Totally Off Topic Use of 3D Printer
Feb 05, 2013
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Earth-orbiting lasers would be cheaper. No losses due to scattering by air.
Just scattering material - every which way.
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--topposting corrected--
They'd likely be operated in a spun environment if in space.
I wonder if the moon's light gravity would be sufficient, or if they'd have to slow things down considerably to allow 3D printer work on the surface.
-- Newman's First Law: It is useless to put on your brakes when you're upside down. --Paul Newman
Larry Jaques wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
Electrostatic attraction would probably take care of that problem: negative charge on the substrate, positive charge on the particles...
Right. So you don't build, you excavate. Do the foundation work here, then send up the plumbing, electrical, and trim crews.
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