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[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I want to know what the difficulties are with 3d printing while in space

Not really any, to be honest. You can print upside down, or hanging from a ceiling at a weird angle and swinging around on earth already. But that's plastics.

Metals? Those are fine powders that you absolutely do not want floating around a space station, it would need to be in a separate compartment. Also, you'd have to get the material up there to begin with, and it's heavy.