NRC Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, October 2013

The National Research Council’s Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (ASEB) met on October 10-11, 2013.   On October 11, ASEB received briefings on the status of several space technologies including space-based additive manufacturing (better known as 3D printing); Entry, Descent and Landing (EDL) technologies for spacecraft visiting other planetary bodies; and solar electric propulsion, a technological centerpiece of NASA’s proposed Asteroid Redirect Mission.   SpacePolicyOnline.com published a summary of the space-related portions of the ASEB meeting on October 13, 2013 under the title “Space-Based 3D Printing Tweaks ASEB’s Interest.”