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Skylab trials could unlock space based manufacturing
NASA researchers outline a future where Skylab experiments test in orbit production of advanced materials and vaccines. Weightless processing aims to improve metal alloys optics and precision parts while reducing pollution and fuel use. If feasible a $50 billion space materials market could emerge by century's end. Technical hurdles include achieving uniform composition free of gravity induced convection.
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Cape Kennedy
Fila
Earth
Skylab Space Station
Charles Conrad Jr
Paul J. Weitz
Joseph P. Kerwin
Harry C. Gates
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gates
Orbiting Laboratories
Armstrong