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"Lee Michaels"

04/02/2013 8:55 PM

Totally Off Topic Use of 3D Printer


<http://www.businessinsider.com/3d-printed-moon-base-2013-2>


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FH

Father Haskell

in reply to "Lee Michaels" on 04/02/2013 8:55 PM

06/02/2013 9:08 AM

On Feb 6, 12:07=A0am, Martin Eastburn <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Just scattering material - every which way.

Right. So you don't build, you excavate. Do the foundation work
here, then send up the plumbing, electrical, and trim crews.


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> On 2/5/2013 9:23 AM, Father Haskell wrote:
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> > On Feb 4, 8:55 pm, "Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam* at comcast
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> >> <http://www.businessinsider.com/3d-printed-moon-base-2013-2>
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> > Earth-orbiting lasers would be cheaper. =A0No losses due to scattering
> > by air.

ME

Martin Eastburn

in reply to "Lee Michaels" on 04/02/2013 8:55 PM

05/02/2013 11:07 PM

Just scattering material - every which way.

Martin

On 2/5/2013 9:23 AM, Father Haskell wrote:
> On Feb 4, 8:55 pm, "Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam* at comcast
> dot net> wrote:
>> <http://www.businessinsider.com/3d-printed-moon-base-2013-2>
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> Earth-orbiting lasers would be cheaper. No losses due to scattering
> by air.
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DM

Doug Miller

in reply to "Lee Michaels" on 04/02/2013 8:55 PM

06/02/2013 1:01 PM

Larry Jaques <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> On Tue, 05 Feb 2013 23:07:11 -0600, Martin Eastburn
> <[email protected]> wrote:
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> --topposting corrected--
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>>On 2/5/2013 9:23 AM, Father Haskell wrote:
>>> On Feb 4, 8:55 pm, "Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam* at comcast
>>> dot net> wrote:
>>>> <http://www.businessinsider.com/3d-printed-moon-base-2013-2>
>>>
>>> Earth-orbiting lasers would be cheaper. No losses due to scattering
>>> by air.
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>>Just scattering material - every which way.
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> They'd likely be operated in a spun environment if in space.
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> I wonder if the moon's light gravity would be sufficient, or if they'd
> have to slow things down considerably to allow 3D printer work on the
> surface.

Electrostatic attraction would probably take care of that problem: negative charge on the
substrate, positive charge on the particles...

FH

Father Haskell

in reply to "Lee Michaels" on 04/02/2013 8:55 PM

05/02/2013 7:23 AM

On Feb 4, 8:55=A0pm, "Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam* at comcast
dot net> wrote:
> <http://www.businessinsider.com/3d-printed-moon-base-2013-2>

Earth-orbiting lasers would be cheaper. No losses due to scattering
by air.

Sk

Swingman

in reply to "Lee Michaels" on 04/02/2013 8:55 PM

06/02/2013 7:21 AM

On 2/4/2013 7:55 PM, Lee Michaels wrote:
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> <http://www.businessinsider.com/3d-printed-moon-base-2013-2>

And, closer to home:

http://sketchupdate.blogspot.com/2013/01/stls-for-3d-printing-in-and-out-of.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OfficialGoogleSketchupBlog+%28Official+Google+SketchUp+Blog%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo


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Larry Jaques

in reply to "Lee Michaels" on 04/02/2013 8:55 PM

06/02/2013 4:44 AM

On Tue, 05 Feb 2013 23:07:11 -0600, Martin Eastburn
<[email protected]> wrote:

--topposting corrected--

>On 2/5/2013 9:23 AM, Father Haskell wrote:
>> On Feb 4, 8:55 pm, "Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam* at comcast
>> dot net> wrote:
>>> <http://www.businessinsider.com/3d-printed-moon-base-2013-2>
>>
>> Earth-orbiting lasers would be cheaper. No losses due to scattering
>> by air.
>
>Just scattering material - every which way.

They'd likely be operated in a spun environment if in space.

I wonder if the moon's light gravity would be sufficient, or if they'd
have to slow things down considerably to allow 3D printer work on the
surface.

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