I'm thinking we should start with building design that can be cheap and easy to assemble and have all the parts of modular and able to be assembled as soon as they come off the printer. Do any of you have cad knowledge? I think we can pull together and work on some designs and then print parts off so they can be assembled in real world. I'm currently saving money personally to buy some land and once that occurs I am going to start building a warehouse that's completely 3D printed for this Factory so in my opinion the more the merrier if you guys are up for it.

I'm thinking we should start with building design that can be cheap and easy to assemble and have all the parts of modular and able to be assembled as soon as they come off the printer. Do any of you have cad knowledge? I think we can pull together and work on some designs and then print parts off so they can be assembled in real world. I'm currently saving money personally to buy some land and once that occurs I am going to start building a warehouse that's completely 3D printed for this Factory so in my opinion the more the merrier if you guys are up for it.  It would go a lot faster with more printers.

I also have a fledgling 3D printing/design/prototyping company I'm just getting off the ground...I would be happy to collaborate...

I use Fusion 360 to model and cad draw...I like it because it maintains toolpaths for CNC, etc. as you model...

Lets build ASGARDIA together...

Great Idea...count me in and contact me...

Hello, this is of course a wonderful idea, and so seriously it probably does not even have an alternative and only in this way can production take place in space.

Personally I designed and built a fairly large 70x70x50cm 3D printer with a 40x30x25cm working area and I have a lot of innovative ideas on this subject. I was already thinking about this idea earlier, which is the print of living space in space. The basic premise from which you must go out that all this technology can exist in space is building material. In the first stage, we have to deliver the material from Earth in some form - it may be some kind of steel or possibly a chemically prepared and chemically processed material that will then be processed in space. Of course, at this stage (ie the construction of theoretical models) there is no precise specification such as mechanical strength or cosmic ray resistance, so the construction of such models at this stage may be more theoretical.

I think that one of the real ideas can be adapted to the purpose of a natural satellite of the earth or other celestial body, whose orbit can be changed, the body itself to use for hollowing, and waste mine to use just to print objects on its surface. On the Internet you can find an example of building a 3d structure of desert sand using the focused light beam of our star. Another kind of use will of course be the construction of everyday objects in space - here too is a lot to think about before the design itself, eg what about gravity in Asgardia? How to design a simple beverage cup that will actually do its job?

But these questions I think should be asked later. At this stage, we must realize that printing 3D objects directly into space is the ONLY solution.

For prototyping, normal printers are fine, for quality production finishes SLS printing is required. Especially if metal printing is required, which in later stages most certainly will be.

I too have a 3D printer, they're inexpensive to acquire, what would be good is for people with the skills to run printers, or produce CAD models create an Educational group that can provide lessons on these skills to others. I do believe that Asgardia will end up with its own internal e-learning platform down the road.

Excellent  innovative ideas

I like the idea of using 3d printing to build things in space, but am also aware that there are already projects to do this, so you would need to be careful regarding patent laws.

For example, just watched a documentary called 'The Age of Robots', which focuses on what is already being built, and what is to come in European circles, and there is a project using robotic 3d printers, which could use Moon dust as the main ingredient for the concrete they produce. It is proposed that these could be sent to the moon (or other bodies) to robotically create habitats from the environment (in this case The Moon). It is speculated that moon regolith would make a concrete approximately 7 times stronger than Earthly concrete.

On the other front, building in space, Bigalow are already making and testing inflatable space-habitats, and they look very promising, so in real terms, the question has to be asked, do we need to create all our own technology and have the infrastructure for that, when patented working concepts are already here? There are good arguments for and against, but I think it is something we need to take into consideration.

Just had a thought - 3D Space-Printed, Inflatable Space Ships!

Just print, fuel, and go!

For the busy Astro/Cosmo/Taiko/Spatio/Vyoma/Asgardo -naut (or the occasional Angkasawan ) who hasn't got the time to wait for NASA!

Not having a dig at NASA, but really shouldn't we Have Starships by now? Ok, yes I am having a playful dig at NASA :)

There is the 1967 law the Treaty of space how could the independent satellite this law prevents us from sending it is not recognized as an official state by the UN because we have no land on no ' Is that virtual. We should recover a territory to settle and build a city etc and after that we can build the space station etc.

Great idea for the sake of ASTN -Asgardia The Space Nation's profit center and good news for  all Asgardians, biz . and job opportunities would soon come up

Great idea for the sake of ASTN -Asgardia The Space Nation's profit center and good news for  all Asgardians, biz . and job opportunities would soon come up

This picture for this petition could be better, plastic 3D printing is not the only material could be printing. Iron, titanium or other 3D metals printer already exist. I'm dreaming about a spacestation in continuous manufacturing with 3D printer.

And i won't explain at length the thousands kg less between a structure made with "traditionnal" machinning and a structure design and made for and by a 3d printer!

best regards humanity ;)