Everyone may be in a hubbub about NASA installing a 3D printer on the International Space Station, but there are plenty of other players, too, hard at work extolling the benefits of reduced weight, a critical factor for space flight, of 3D printed designs. The ESA has already used EOS selective laser sintering to 3D print supports for a large satellite, but, now, Korean satellite manufacturer KT Corporation has beat the size of those parts, working with Thales Alenia Space to fabricate what will be the largest 3D printed spacecraft parts yet made.…
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