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Space Manufacturing

Space Manufacturing is the academic concept of producing goods or materials in outer space environments through industrial processes that leverage extraterrestrial conditions, resource availability, and microgravity to enable capabilities or efficiencies unattainable on Earth.

118

Publications

5.3K

Citations

408

Authors

141

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

57

Variants

In-space Manufacturing

Parents

Publications

118

The Organization of Production: Evidence from the Aerospace Industry

Scott E. Masten · The Journal of Law and Economics · 1984 · 689 citations

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3D printing in aerospace and its long-term sustainability

Sunil C. Joshi, Abdullah A. Sheikh · Virtual and Physical Prototyping · 2015 · 614 citations · Full text

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Additive manufacturing for space: status and promises

Sacco Enea, Seung Ki Moon · The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology · 2019 · 153 citations

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New applications of rapid prototyping and rapid manufacturing (RP/RM) technologies for space instrumentation

Pierre Rochus, J. Y. Plesseria, Maarten Van Elsen et al. · Acta Astronautica · 2007 · 141 citations · Full text

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Utilizing in-situ resources and 3D printing structures for a manned Mars mission

Benjamin Kading, Jeremy Straub · Acta Astronautica · 2014 · 139 citations

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Authors

408

  1. TP
    Tracie Prater

    Marshall Space Flight Center, United States

    5 publications · 141 citations

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  2. FL
    Frank Ledbetter

    Marshall Space Flight Center, United States

    5 publications · 141 citations

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  3. MJ
    Mary J. Werkheiser

    Marshall Space Flight Center, United States

    4 publications · 91 citations

    4

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  4. MS
    M Snyder

    Stanford University, United States

    4 publications · 157 citations

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  5. OD
    Olivier de Weck

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    4 publications · 104 citations

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Institutions

141

  1. Marshall Space Flight Center

    Redstone Arsenal, United States

    10 h-index

    30 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. European Space Research and Technology Centre

    Noordwijk-Binnen, The Netherlands

    6 h-index

    19 publications

    765 citations

  3. Ames Research Center

    Mountain View, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    280 citations

  4. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    215 citations

  5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    247 citations

  6. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    257 citations

  7. Xi'an Jiaotong University

    Xi'an, China

    3 h-index

    11 publications

    417 citations

  8. Made In Space (United States)

    Mountain View, United States

    3 h-index

    12 publications

    506 citations

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Venues

  1. Acta Astronautica

    9 publications · 456 citations

    9

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  2. Space Policy

    6 publications · 162 citations

    6

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  4. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA)

    Repository · 5 publications · 128 citations

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  5. Advances in Space Research

    4 publications · 98 citations

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