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yaddar t1_ivoqyud wrote

Reply to comment by lqkjsdfb in Uganda will now be printing 3D human tissue in space by Gari_305

Your phone does 10 times more functions and are considerably smaller than a satellite

So... Are smartphones dubious?

Your concept of satellites must be stuck in the 90's

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ilikeredlights t1_ivpe0kv wrote

Your smart phone can 3d print anything and also investigate your ovaries in any gravity ?

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alt4614 t1_ivq5czv wrote

With the right modules, yes. We just don’t use small lab spaces and small versions of large devices that you’re accustomed to because we don’t have to or want to.

We’ve managed to micronize everything else, including powerful computers. And because you’re used to seeing such tiny computers in the palm of you’re hand, you don’t consider that we can do the same to other larger instruments. Which is OP’s point.

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alt4614 t1_ivqiid7 wrote

You’ve gotta use your tiny, aggressive brain to realize that sensationalized headlines like this aren’t 100% correct. They aren’t printing whole ovaries in space on a janky prototype launch.

They’re conducting experiments, in the same way millions of experiments are conducted on Earth regarding human tissue engineering.

What experiments? You’d have to look at the mission statement. It could be as simple as taking a patch of cells up there and seeing if they adhere/behave differently in space.

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Wombat_Racer t1_ivsqz59 wrote

Maybe not with a dot-matrix printer, but as this is in space, we just need to add the word Laser & now everything makes future speak sense!

For example, Gun = Laser Gun, Radar = Lidar & Printer = Laser Printer.

Sci-Fi is now!

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yaddar t1_ivq6mn9 wrote

3D printers are no bigger than tablets nowadays and sample testing can be no bigger than your average PC video card

Again, technology nowadays is tiny, in case you haven't been around for the past 20 years.

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ilikeredlights t1_ivqazuv wrote

You had a bullshit claim just like this satellite. that I called out . A Phone does not have 10x the functions of this satellite and all of these clsimrd functions are completely unrelated to each other . On one's side you have optical/spectrum analysis of the terrain on the other hand you have 3d printing of live cells (so Temps have to be tightly controlled)and to analyze the 3d printed organ and then you have a device to analyze live organs

WTF !

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yaddar t1_ivqdosq wrote

Reading comprehension, mate

I did NOT say the phone could jave the same functions as the satellite (10x)

It was unrelated you asked if the phone could do ovaries test or 3D printing to begin with (because I did not asset it could)

I said the phone has 10 times MORE functions as in it cam handle a lot.more process than the ones the satellite has.

And still, you still are not taking into account the since of modern technology

Why would a satellite have "unrelated" functions from each other?? - because if you are a government that can only afford ONE launch, you'd obviously cram as much projects you can that are requested by your scientific community

Not every country is a 1st world country, mate

Thats why even mars misisons cram a lot of "unrelated" instruments

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