the Company has already shown a prototype "spider", are made of small structures made of skeins of the fibre at a speed of five inches per minute.

the American company Tethers Unlimited is developing a new construction technology in outer space. Assume that the orbit will be robots-spiders, which assemble the required designs of carbon fiber, Space reports.com

Image: Tethers Unlimited

In the opinion of management Tethers Unlimited, the modern model building space ships and structures - road and ineffective. Companies are forced to raise the construction on the Ground, and then use rockets to bring them into orbit.

the Alternative to this may be the SpiderFab project. The creators offer a in space special robots-spiders, who will "weave" a required design from the delivered carbon fiber.

the Company has already received the first funds for development from NASA and showed a prototype of a "spider", are made of small structures made of skeins of the fibre at a speed of five inches per minute.

Himself "the spider" is a multi-armed robot, equipped with one "spinning organ, producing load-bearing elements. Image: Tethers Unlimited

At the moment, Tethers Unlimited is working on a second generation robot, which will be launched into Earth's orbit. Perhaps the company will use it when assembling the star umbrella for orbital telescope New Worlds Observer. This design allows you to close the running light from the stars, giving the telescope to see exoplanets. the

Engineers say that with the current technology, the maximum diameter collected on the Ground of the umbrella can reach 62 metres, then in orbit, this value may be doubled (up to 124 meters).

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