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indeed. did alread send mails to the NASA press/pr staff, the german DLR (who schedule the german experiments), the university of heidelberg (who design fun experiments for teh astronauts to do in their freetime) and to some guys that i am told of who operate the 3d printer on the ISS from earth.
i learned that the 3d printer is operated in the US compartment, but in general it is available to every nation. atm there are some calibrationtests and a lot of ‘does it work at all’ going on, and there is a long list of stuff to be printed by a lot of groups such as material scientists but also sponsors etc. so chances are pretty small to get the traveller printed but nonetheless chances do exist. i’ve been to some personal … heavy weather in the last weeks, so i didnt have time to push the 80prints project as i should have. but i will resume the work on this front soon. maybe this will generate the momentum to drive the 5th filament into space.
Sorry to hear about the heavy weather. if there is anything I can do to help with this project and lighten your load just say the word.
Cheers,
Greg
Also sorry to hear about the rough patch you’ve been through. Thanks for sharing the info on the 3D Printer in Space. If you need help with the 80 prints project I’m sure the community will be happy to help out (more).
Hi Brian 
if you’re interested I wrote an article and I contacted NASA who gave me some exclusive information about this 3D printing: http://www.priximprimante3d.com/conquete/
Super article Alexandre 
Maybe you could sum it up in a few words in English so everyone knows about it?
Salut Julie - Merci Voici donc :
To summarize in English, according to Dan Huot is Public Affairs Officer at NASA: Objet is ABS plastic and the first part took 74 minutes to print. The printer could print faster, but since Nasa are learning how it operates in micro-g and don’t want it to go as fast as it could until the process is well understood. The first part dimensions are: Length: 2.32", Width: 1.61", Height: 0.20". The print volume is 2.36" x 4.72" x 2.36". That was the space allocated for it on the station that had the necessary connections to support the 3D printer.
Thanks a lot!