3D printing of metal using space meteorite material

CES 2016 has no shortage of extremely “weird” technology products, but using metal materials from space meteorites to make objects using 3D printing technology is probably the first time.

The object model was printed using a ProX DMP 320 metal 3D printer using space meteorite material

The above product is from the company Planetary Resources, which believes that matter in outer space will bring endless energy to humans. Planetary Resources used the meteorite that fell in prehistoric Argentina to create the new object using a state-of-the-art 3D Systems ProX DMP 320 3D metal printer.

Of course, the meteorite above has to be processed very carefully before it can be used for 3D printing. Planetary Resources says the processing process is not simple at all, even when put into a metal 3D printer to mold it into a new shape.

Of course, Planetary Resources’ intentions go beyond molding space metals just for fun. The achieved results are an important step in the future space mining roadmap not only for Planetary Resources.

Chris Lewicki, CEO of Planetary Resources, said that instead of producing objects from Earth and then bringing them to space to assemble them, in the future people can send metal 3D printers into space so that they can ” produce” always what they want.