Advanced Digital Materials and Manufacturing for Space (ADMMS)

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Advanced Digital Materials and Manufacturing for
Space (ADMMS)
Overview
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• Description ADMMS will focus on advanced
  manufacturing technologies for space, including
  identifying several target product areas and
  applications, approaches, mechanisms, and
  facilities of initial interest. The anchor
  element of the ADMMS will be the ARC SpaceShop,
  based around the FabLab concept, developed by the
  MIT Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA).
• Goals Objectives
• Apply FabLab-based advanced manufacturing
  technologies to specific ARC hardware created out
  of digital materials
• Create in-house and leveraged capability
• Build ARC-based user community
• Create new research arenas and topics for ARC
  Expertise (Software, Hardware, and Machine Shops)

Tasks/Transition
Rationale
Applicability National Manufacturing Initiative,
Agency Strategic Plan, Space Technology Program
(STP) Grand Challenges, STP Roadmap Technical
Areas, and Center Specific Objectives are all
applicable for this initiative. Beneficiaries
OCT, ARC, Mission Directorates, Other NASA
Centers, Academia, Industry, and outside
contractors/partners. Expected Outcomes and
Benefits Advanced, efficient prototype and
flight article manufacturing capabilities (ground
and in-space) new innovative space exploration
products and spinoffs, rapid prototyping, reduced
costs, empowered workforce with increased
capability to engage in technology innovation
education and outreach and added national
visibility and support for this capability. Team
NASA ARC, NASA JSC, MIT, Stanford, SJSU, others
TBD
Study Elements Tasks

• Obtain and install Advanced Digital
  Manufacturing hardware for the ARC SpaceShop, an
  innovative design and manufacturing facility
• Pilot Project Examples for planning and scaling
  purposes
• Multi-Purpose Avionics Core Element (M-PACE)
  task 1
• Nano-satellite Evolution using Adv Mfg
  technologies
• Biological Payload (SESLO/SEVO/PharmaSAT, etc)
• Science Instrument Payload (Optical/Photonic)
• Synthetic Biology Space Systems and Components
• ISS Hardware (Ground and in-situ)

Transition/Insertion Plan To be defined and
documented as the pilot project progresses