The trouble with gravity -- Getting into orbit -- Inventor feature : mentor and partner -- The high cost of space exploration -- Building big, building light -- Building in orbit -- Inventor feature : the Bat Cave -- Spidery builders -- Inventor feature : the invention process -- Trusses on trusses -- Big idea : additive manufacturing -- Building a star shade -- Settling the solar system -- Robert Hoyt and his team.
Summary:
"A volume describing the innovations of Robert Hoyt. Hoyt is developing a robotic technology called SpiderFab that builds spacecraft while in orbit around Earth"-- Provided by publisher.
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