Manufacturing in space: Space Forge’s incredible plans to make next-gen super materials beyond the Kármán line

Posted on 11 Feb 2022 by James Devonshire
Company: Space Forge

Having secured £7.6m through Europe's largest ever seed funding round for a space tech company, Cardiff-based Space Forge has its sights firmly set on out-of-this-world manufacturing.

When you are trying to manufacture materials and products that offer game-changing levels of performance and efficiency, the Earth’s atmosphere, temperature and gravity all present different challenges. In space though, there is no gravity, it’s a pure vacuum and extreme temperature changes can be achieved by harnessing the power of the Sun. But manufacturing in…

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