Nonterrestrial utilization of materials: Automated space manufacturing facility
Abstract
Four areas related to the nonterrestrial use of materials are included: (1) material resources needed for feedstock in an orbital manufacturing facility, (2) required initial components of a nonterrestrial manufacturing facility, (3) growth and productive capability of such a facility, and (4) automation and robotics requirements of the facility.
- Publication:
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Advanced Automation for Space Missions
- Pub Date:
- November 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982aasm.nasa...77.
- Keywords:
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- Orbital Assembly;
- Resources Management;
- Robots;
- Space Manufacturing;
- Equipment Specifications;
- Industrial Management;
- Plant Design;
- Space Commercialization;
- Spacecraft Instrumentation