Made in Orbit: Why the Future of Manufacturing Might Be Weightless
Forget Made in China, soon your semiconductors and medicines might say Made in Space.
In-space manufacturing has left the lab and is quietly heading to the factory floor 250 miles above Earth. Companies like Astral Materials and Space Forge are now using microgravity to produce purer crystals for semiconductors and drugs, beyond what Earth’s physics allows.
With reusable rockets slashing launch costs and uncrewed capsules like Varda’s bringing products back to Earth, orbital industry is fast becoming commercially viable.
- Astral’s 1,500°C space furnace grows flawless silicon
- Varda grew antiviral drug crystals in orbit
- China’s Tiangong made a super-alloy in microgravity
This isn’t science fiction, it’s happening now. A decade from now, space-based factories may be as common as cloud servers, hidden yet indispensable. Could a new industrial revolution be unfolding silently above our heads?
Read the full article on Wired.
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