DEFINITION:

It includes additive manufacturing, otherwise known as 3D printing, which builds up hardware layer by layer, enabling the construction of hardware that simply could not be built in any other manner.

(ESA’web page and PAE elaboration)

SUBDOMAINS:

1. Design and development technologies and guidelines for AM applied to space systems
2. Verification technologies and guidelines for AM applied to space systems
3. Qualification methodologies for AM space parts and systems
4. In-space manufacturing using AM technologies