Fiber-optic Experiment Could Lead To Manufacturing On ISS

Credit: NASA
SAN DIEGO—A Silicon Valley startup plans to send an experiment in fiber-optics manufacturing to the International Space Station (ISS) next year in a bid to make to the first commercial products that require microgravity for their creation, and sell them at prices higher than the cost of launch. The...

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