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ISS astronaut needs a wrench, NASA successfully 'emails' him one
cnet.com ^
| 19 December 2014 9:46 pm GMT
| Anthony Domanico
Posted on 12/19/2014 2:44:12 PM PST by BenLurkin
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station needed a socket wrench, so NASA engineers emailed him designs for 3D-printing one.
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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: 3dprinter; 3dprinting; email; iss; nasa; science; spaceexploration; technology; youvegotmail
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posted on
12/19/2014 2:44:12 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
the possibilities are endless !
2
posted on
12/19/2014 2:48:18 PM PST
by
knarf
To: BenLurkin
ISIS astronauts! part of NASA outreach?
To: knarf
Its the ISS replicator. When will it make gourmet meals and fine wine?
To: knarf
3D printed wrenches are quite common and can be purchased
on eBay.
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posted on
12/19/2014 2:53:22 PM PST
by
South40
(Hillary Clinton was a "great secretary of state". - Texas Governor Rick Perry)
To: BenLurkin
6
posted on
12/19/2014 2:54:44 PM PST
by
Crazieman
(Article V or National Divorce. The only solutions now.)
To: BenLurkin
Now we can email him and ask if he'd like to:
1) Earn a college degree online!
2) Refinance his mortgage and save hundreds per month!
3) Purchase Canadian pharmaceuticals at discount prices!
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posted on
12/19/2014 2:54:54 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
To: South40
See ?
That's what scares me
A phenomenal technology is treated so casually ...
Yeah, y'kin get it on e-bay
(spoiler alert ... not from outer space)
/8^) ..... Merry Christmas
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posted on
12/19/2014 2:59:27 PM PST
by
knarf
To: Crazieman
Tea. Earl grey. Hot. Sorry, but Sirius Cybernetic Corporation had the lowest bid so the ISS has their Nutrimatic Drink Dispenser and everyone will get a drink that is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea.
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posted on
12/19/2014 3:02:37 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(The IRS: either criminally irresponsible in backup procedures or criminally responsible of coverup.)
To: knarf
I don't necessarily agree the "phenomenal technology" is taken so casually simply because it is available to any eBay shopper with $5.
It's just a piece of plastic. :-P
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posted on
12/19/2014 3:02:37 PM PST
by
South40
(Hillary Clinton was a "great secretary of state". - Texas Governor Rick Perry)
To: knarf
this......out earth....sort of procedure....had remained completely off my radar...until this moment.
this IS exciting!
11
posted on
12/19/2014 3:04:13 PM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: South40
You’re talkin’ to a guy that loves his flip phone and will not ever get one of those mini-TV’s
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posted on
12/19/2014 3:04:33 PM PST
by
knarf
To: MeshugeMikey
Me too ... it just never occured to me that the technology (and electrical capacity) was already available up there.
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posted on
12/19/2014 3:05:54 PM PST
by
knarf
To: BenLurkin
They didn’t have a socket wrench on the space station? Really?
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posted on
12/19/2014 3:08:29 PM PST
by
mlo
To: knarf
and its amazing.....the mooselim outreach had Nothing to do with it
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posted on
12/19/2014 3:19:43 PM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: knarf
“Youre talkin to a guy that loves his flip phone and will not ever get one of those mini-TVs”
IF I had a choice, I’d go back to my Motorola RAZR flip in a heartbeat. Damn near indestructible phone.
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posted on
12/19/2014 3:21:37 PM PST
by
tcrlaf
(They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
To: KarlInOhio
Sorry, but Sirius Cybernetic Corporation had the lowest bid so the ISS has their Nutrimatic Drink Dispenser and everyone will get a drink that is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea. If the ISS astronauts had remembered their towels, everything would have been OK!
To: BenLurkin
Sorry, it's no good, it's left-handed.
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posted on
12/19/2014 3:26:59 PM PST
by
JPG
(The GOPe will always find a way to surrender)
To: tcrlaf
Ahh yeah, that bad boy took a lot of abuse. Had one too.
These phones... breathe too hard and the screen cracks.
Need sapphire glass on all parts of the phone.
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posted on
12/19/2014 3:29:02 PM PST
by
Crazieman
(Article V or National Divorce. The only solutions now.)
To: Crazieman
Something tells me if that had been Captain James Tiberius Kirk, the order would have been: Scotch, Macallan, neat.
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