How Stuff Works: Servicing & Assembling in Space

Featuring Brianna Andrus and Dr. Shannon Zirbel

Why do we want to service satellites rather than deorbit them?  What do we and could we assemble and manufacture in space?  What technologies exist and what are the biggest challenges to expanding a viable in-space servicing assembly and manufacturing (ISAM) economy?  In this episode Colleen Stover (Center for Space Policy & Strategy) hosts Aerospace experts Dr Shannon Zirbel (Vehicle Engineering Department) and Brianna Andrus (Human Exploration & Space Flight) to talk about how stuff works in the world of ISAM.