Laurent Pambaguian, a Materials Technology Engineer at ESA, explains how developments in the terrestrial industrial landscape are leading to changes in the way ESA space missions are being designed and built. Advances such as 3D printing and hybrid composite materials offer big advantages to future satellites, if they can be applied in the right way. The result has been ESA’s latest cross-cutting initiative, with work cutting across different technical levels and technology levels: Advancing Manufacturing.

To learn more, read Laurent’s interview:
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Engineering_Technology/Talking_technology/Rethinking_the_stuff_that_satellites_are_made_of

This video is one of a series of videos highlighting the innovative technology being developed within the European Space Agency.

Read more on the Talking technology website:
http://www.esa.int/talkingtechnology