NASA Just Funded This Project. Assembling Large Structures in Space [NIAC 2025]

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Space Docks are everywhere in science fiction. It's the most logical way to build big constructions in space. So, NASA funded a futuristic project that studies the possibility of assembling structures in space.

🟣 Guest: Dr Vojtech Holub
https://thinkorbital.com/

🚀 NIAC award, Construction Assembly Destination:
https://www.universetoday.com/170640/space-shipyards-could-build-missions-in-orbit/
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/construction-assembly-destination/

00:00 Intro
01:26 Welding in space experiment
08:03 The NIAC award
27:39 Current obsessions
30:01 Final thoughts and more interviews


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