Factories that build products in outer space.
It is the year 2045. A hospital needs a special medical fibre that cannot be produced perfectly on Earth. Instead of ordering it from a factory on land, the order is sent to a factory orbiting Earth. Because there is no gravity, the factory creates a higher-quality product and sends it back to Earth.
๐ Watch the animation: Materials launch from Earth โ reach a space factory โ a high-value product is manufactured in zero gravity.
Gravity affects how materials form. In space, manufacturers can create products that are difficult or impossible to make on Earth.
Future space stations may contain entire industrial zones where robots manufacture products 24 hours a day. Some experts believe the first trillion-dollar industries could emerge from factories operating beyond Earth.