While there’s been much excitement over 3D printers headed to space in the last year, as well as all the future plans being made from governments and private organizations around the globe regarding colonization, one thing we lay people don’t hear much about is the issue of safety while 3D printing in space. In a document recently uncovered by Future Engineers, a company responsible for many innovative challenges involving young people designing for space, safety specifications for 3D printing are outlined, specifically prohibiting 3D printing using removable supports in space due to their potential for turning into floating hazards which astronauts could inhale. Read more about the dangers of supports in space in the full article: http://3dprint.com/87416/3d-printing-space-supports/


Below is a look at the 3D printer guidelines for space: