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This Startup is Building the First Factory in Space

This Startup is Building the First Factory in Space

This Startup is Building the First Factory in Space

In the quest to build bigger things in space, one Colorado-based company is readying for an epic construction demonstration mission. Blue Canyon Technologies will provide the spacecraft vehicle infrastructure supporting a “factory” that will 3D-print solar arrays in space. The mission is called Archinaut One and its lead developer is Made In Space (which has a working 3D-printer on the ISS.) The mission is funded by a a $73.7 million contract from NASA. The amount given to Blue Canyon, a 100% employee-owned company, has not disclosed. Credit Forbes

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