Space Forge

[mendip_discovery]

Lol, it sounds like somthing the USA would come up with but actually its the Welsh this time.

Wonder what it will mean for ppms.

Sorry is this has been posted already, tried to search.

BBC News - UK company sends factory with 1,000C furnace into space.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62vx0pgyrgo

"Space Forge have sent a microwave-sized factory into orbit, and have demonstrated that its furnace can be switched on and reach temperatures of around 1,000C."

"They plan to manufacture material for semiconductors, which can be used back on Earth in electronics in communications infrastructure, computing and transport."

"When they are being manufactured in a weightless environment, those atoms line up absolutely perfectly. The vacuum of space also means that contaminants can't sneak in."

[coppercone2]

https://issnationallab.org/facilities/solidification-using-a-baffle-in-sealed-ampoules/