Manufacturing in Space

If you are reading this article in 2025 -2030, you may feel little awkward on the topic ‘manufacturing in space’. But, in future it will be a necessity. Manufacturing in space, is the process of producing or manufacturing products in space to overcome the effect of Earth gravity during the manufacturing process.

We are not going to discuss technical things in this article. But, this article will definitely will be an introduction to manufacturing in space.

Why should we go for manufacturing in space

Let’s discuss with an example. Suppose you took a glass of water, mixed it with sugar and stir it well with a spoon.

Will the mixing uniform for entire glass of water?

No. The particles will sediment to the bottom of the glass.

And this is due to gravity.