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How NASA Will Use 3D Printers in Space (Video)
• http://www.space.com, by Nola Taylor Redd Instead, they can use a newly arrived 3D printer to fabricate the tools and materials they need.
"The 3D printer that we're going to fly on space station will actually be the first-ever 3D printer in space," Niki Werkheiser, 3D Print project manager at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., said in a video about the space station 3D printer that posted online Oct. 30.
"It is the first step toward [the 'Star Trek' replicator]," Werkheiser added, referring to the machine in the science-fiction franchise capable of creating meals and spare parts.
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