Science and Exploration

Robotic Manufacturing System Will Build Biggest Composite Rocket Parts Ever Made

By Marc Boucher
Status Report
August 5, 2015
Filed under , , ,
Robotic Manufacturing System Will Build Biggest Composite Rocket Parts Ever Made
Robotic Manufacturing System Will Build Biggest Composite Rocket Parts Ever Made
NASA

Experts explain how a new robotic composite fiber placement system will be used to build large space structures for space vehicles.
Lightweight composites have the potential to increase the amount of payload that can be carried by a rocket along with lowering its total production cost. The robotic system is part of the Composites Technology Center at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

SpaceRef co-founder, entrepreneur, writer, podcaster, nature lover and deep thinker.