Reply to post: Does SLS work in microgravity?

Ass-troplastic! Printing parts from p.. er... human waste

Richard 12 Silver badge

Does SLS work in microgravity?

Surely laying down an even layer of powder is very hard without gravity to keep it in place.

Not to mention cleaning the excess off the final part...

The printer NASA have tested was an FDM, which seems far better suited. Less messy, too.

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