配备3D打印机，CNC机器，计算机，数字工具和其他设备，制造实验室，否则称为工厂实验室是一个设施，使人们能够“做任何事情”。为了为在深空探索的任务提供这些能力，NASA正在接受私营部门的公司，机构和慈善团队的Fablab提案，该提案将于2017年底进行审查。
点数3D打印在太空中
Additive manufacturing initiative Made in Space installed the first 3D printer on the International Space Station (ISS) in 2015. Since then the Additive Manufacturing Facility (AMF)has produced around 39 tools and componentsincluding some NASA classified items. The success of the AMF has led directly to NASA’s call for FabLab proposals, as explained by Jason Crusan, director of the association’s Advanced Exploration Systems Division,
We’ve already seen the benefits of on-demand manufacturing for tools and replacement parts on station. We want to increase the number of materials we can use to manufacture items on-demand in space and improve overall manufacturing efficiencies as well.
Application process
通过公私合作伙伴关系，NASA正在寻找可以集成到ESS上安装的Express（加快空间站实验的处理）中的多材料制造原型。
To introduce the ideas, applicants are required to complete an eight-part document detailing key areas such as the Technical Approach to the system’s composition, rights to Intellectual Property and Pricing.
将做出一系列有希望的建议，之后，团队将有18个月的时间来提供功能性的原型。
吉姆·鲁特（Jim Reuter），，，，deputy associate administrator for NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate Programs, comments,
在太空任务期间具有按需制造和组件和系统维修的集成能力将是可持续勘探任务不可或缺的一部分。这是一个快速发展的，破坏性的领域，NASA希望继续与行业和学术界合作，通过诸如此类的协作机制来开发这些技术。
3D printed satellites, a microwave on the moon and more
Other projects looking to develop off-world 3D printing facilities include Part Time Scientists and Audi’s“月球上的3D打印微波炉”，，，，Made in Space’s Archinaut，，，，and the3D Printed Habitat Challengealso launched by NASA and currently in its third phase.
The deadline for Phase A ISS FabLab proposals is August 2, 2017.
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特色图片:在空间三维打印扳手on the International Space Station. Photo via Made in Space
