Posted on 08/13/2013 4:14:20 PM PDT by Nachum
Tea, Earl Grey, hot. Those are the words spoken by Capt. Picard to the computer when he wants his favorite beverage replicated. While we're still a long ways away from that becoming reality, we're taking steps toward it.
NASA will be taking that step when it takes a 3D printer up to the International Space Station in June 2014.
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I want one!
>>But is it legal to print a working gun in space? <<
I dunno.
In Star Trek VI we are told that firing a phaser onboard sets off alarms.
That rule was/is never heard from before or after.
So I guess in space no one can hear you print....
It would be really good to be able to replicate spare parts via printer instead of having to have a spare of every essential part.
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