Launching objects to Space...By Email

[Don1]

How We ”Email” Hardware To Space


My colleagues and I just 3D-printed a ratcheting socket wrench on the International Space Station by typing some commands on our computer in California.

We had overheard ISS Commander Barry Wilmore (who goes by “Butch”) mention over the radio that he needed one, so we designed one in CAD and sent it up to him faster than a rocket ever could have. This is the first time we’ve ever “emailed” hardware to space.

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[QUOTE=Don1;519418]How We ”Email” Hardware To Space


My colleagues and I just 3D-printed a ratcheting socket wrench on the International Space Station by typing some commands on our computer in California.

We had overheard ISS Commander Barry Wilmore (who goes by “Butch”) mention over the radio that he needed one, so we designed one in CAD and sent it up to him faster than a rocket ever could have. This is the first time we’ve ever “emailed” hardware to space.[/QUOTE

Was it the hardware that was emailed or was it instructions how to print the hardware that was emailed?

[Tilla]

The instructions on how to of course. Some folks will stretch the imagination.

[Don1]

The instructions on how to of course. Some folks will stretch the imagination.

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