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http://www.dvice.com/2013-8-30/nasa-wants-build-giant-spacecraft-3d-printing-spiders http://www.tethers.com/SpiderFab.html Thats pretty damn awesome. Once they get this up and running, NASA could build all kinds of things in space.. antennas, ships, moonbases..

rotflmao!

Good post. Interesting about how big a 3D printer like that could be. But with the U.S. improving it's rockets to carry massive payloads weighing 70-140 metric tons, it should be possible for them to get space worthy versions into orbit. http://www.space.com/22572-giant-rocket-launches-secret-spy-satellite.html You're right about robots not being able to repair on their own. I don't think autonomous repairing droids will be happening anytime soon, but if those robots were drone styled, they could potentially be controlled by a human to perform the repairs necessary and correctly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95r305juvLI Okami-San