Factory in space: A review of material and manufacturing technologies

F Abdulhamid, BP Sullivan, S Terzi - Acta Astronautica, 2025 - Elsevier
The emergence of the new space economy, driven by national space agencies' efforts to
reduce costs and promote independent commercial space stations, has led to the rise of …

[HTML][HTML] Toward the LEO economy: A value assessment of commercial space stations for space and non-space users

A Paravano, B Rosseau, G Locatelli, M Weinzierl… - Acta Astronautica, 2025 - Elsevier
In 2021, NASA established the Commercial LEO Development Program to encourage
established and new private-sector actors to design Commercial Space Stations (CSS) that …

Design and evaluation of additively manufactured polyetherimide orbital debris shielding for spacecraft

II Feier, ML Anderson, JR Boudrie… - International Journal of …, 2025 - Elsevier
The increasingly congested orbital environment around Earth threatens the safety of space
assets. Micrometeoroids and orbital debris (MMOD) less than 1 cm but traveling at …

Space food production on microbiological safety: Key considerations for the design of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) plan

TJ Cho, MS Rhee - Advances in Food and Nutrition Research, 2024 - pure.korea.ac.kr
Although diet in space has relied on the sterilized products transported from earth, on-site
space food production (eg, farming, nutritional bioregeneration, bioculture foods, cooking) …

Exploring space manufacturing: designing a lunar factory for space-bound products in the new space economy

E De Francesco, A Ettorre, F Acerbi… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - cambridge.org
This study proposes a Moon-based factory for space-bound products, aiming to
revolutionize space exploration through In-Space Manufacturing (ISM). It defines key …

[PDF][PDF] LUNEX PROSPER: The Next Generation's Blueprint Towards a Sustainable Human Presence on the Moon Ekaterina Seltikova*, Newsha Haghgoo*, Gábor …

M Karbala, EM John, S Singh, CVR Rojas… - researchgate.net
The growing international momentum toward establishing a sustained human presence on
the Moon raises critical questions about its economy, ethics, and sustainability. The …