Off‑World Additive Manufacturing - Augmenting NASA‑STD‑6030

Maria Chytka; Tim Poe; Diana Andreev; Jibrail Muhammad; Brady Kimbrel

NASA NTRS · 20260004879

Off‑World Additive Manufacturing - Augmenting NASA‑STD‑6030

Maria Chytka·Tim Poe·Diana Andreev·Jibrail Muhammad·Brady Kimbrel

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This slide presents a summary for a soon to be released white paper on augmenting NASA-STD-6030 for off-world manufacturing. It examines the driving need for in-space manufacturing and its corresponding risks, challenges, potential solutions, and technology development needed to qualify a process.

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Maria Chytka, Tim Poe, Diana Andreev, Jibrail Muhammad, Brady Kimbrel. Off‑World Additive Manufacturing - Augmenting NASA‑STD‑6030. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20260004879

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