NASA and Orbital ATK partner up to build technologies for space-based construction [feedly]

NASA and Orbital ATK partner up to build technologies for space-based construction
// Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine



Building things in orbit is an inherently tricky business – just look at the 13 or so years it took to us piece together the International Space Station. Granted not all the structures we build in space will be the size of a football field, but having robots handle the heavy lifting could go a long way to keeping humans out of danger and speeding things up. To that end, NASA has teamed up with private space firm Orbital ATK to develop new technologies for in-orbit assembly of large space structures, all in the name of getting us to Mars and beyond.

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