Mega structures

Three D printing will be ideal?
https://www.architectmagazine.com/technology/3d-printing-metal-for-structural-strength-space-and-beyond_o
Regards,
Selvaraj

On Sat, 23 Feb 2019 at 10:13, sraj wrote:

> It will be worth qualifying vapor deposition techniques on 1 M dia
> spherical models on ground and in space. Depositing thin layers may be
> routine. Search in Google does not appear to turn up vacuum deposition to
> produce structures.
> Regards,
> Selvaraj
>
> On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 at 18:20, sailorbarsoom@... [spacesettlers] <
> spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Whatever works. I'm perhaps a bit impatient to develop space-based
>> techniques, when sometimes building it on Earth and good old fashioned
>> welding might be best. Well, not that old-fashioned, what with vacuum and
>> micro-G and all.
>>
>>
>

https://www.architectmagazine.com/technology/3d-printing-metal-for-structural-strength-space-and-beyond_o
Regards,
Selvaraj
On Sat, 23 Feb 2019 at 10:13, sraj <
sraj99@...
> wrote:
It will be worth qualifying vapor deposition techniques on 1 M dia spherical models on ground and in space. Depositing thin layers may be routine. Search in Google does not appear to turn up vacuum deposition to produce structures.
Regards,
Selvaraj
On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 at 18:20,
sailorbarsoom@...
[spacesettlers] <
spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com
> wrote:

Whatever works. I'm perhaps a bit impatient to develop space-based techniques, when sometimes building it on Earth and good old fashioned welding might be best. Well, not that old-fashioned, what with vacuum and micro-G and all.