Space Manufacturing

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Space manufacturing is the production of manufactured goods in an environment outside a planetary atmosphere. Typically this includes conditions of microgravity and hard vacuum. Manufacturing in space has several potential advantages over Earth-based industry. The unique environment can allow for industrial processes that cannot be readily reproduced on Earth. Raw materials can be collected and processed from other bodies within the solar system at a low expense compared to the cost of lifting materials into orbit. Potentially hazardous processes can be performed in space with minimal risk to the environment of the Earth or other planets.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Space manufacturing is the production of manufactured goods in an environment outside a planetary atmosphere. Typically this includes conditions of microgravity and hard vacuum. Manufacturing in space has several potential advantages over Earth-based industry. The unique environment can allow for industrial processes that cannot be readily reproduced on Earth. Raw materials can be collected and processed from other bodies within the solar system at a low expense compared to the cost of lifting materials into orbit. Potentially hazardous processes can be performed in space with minimal risk to the environment of the Earth or other planets.