Enabling homeland security missions with in-space 3D printing

Thomas McGuire; Michael Hirsch; Michael Parsons; Skye Leake; Jeremy Straub

doi:10.1117/12.2223506

12 May 2016 Enabling homeland security missions with in-space 3D printing

Thomas McGuire, Michael Hirsch, Michael Parsons, Skye Leake, Jeremy Straub

Proceedings Volume 9825, Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security, Defense, and Law Enforcement Applications XV; 98250C (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2223506
Event: SPIE Defense + Security, 2016, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

This paper considers the utility of space-based 3D printing for homeland security applications, with needs ranging from the collection of data to facilitate the detection of occurrences ranging from prospective acts of terrorism, to invasion, to natural disasters. This paper presents and evaluates multiple prospective homeland security applications for an in-space 3D printing technology. The technology’s efficacy for the fabrication, refurbishment and repair of orbital craft on-demand as well as its utility as part of a mothership for a sensor net constellation are considered.

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Thomas McGuire, Michael Hirsch, Michael Parsons, Skye Leake, and Jeremy Straub "Enabling homeland security missions with in-space 3D printing", Proc. SPIE 9825, Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security, Defense, and Law Enforcement Applications XV, 98250C (12 May 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2223506

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