Orbital ATK’s Space Systems Group President Frank Culbertson tours the new Makerspace with employee Megan Smith.
The Makerspace hosts several 3D printers, a 90W laser cutter, voltage supplies, soldering irons, and computers with many engineering tools across several disciplines. It serves as a place for solving engineering problems and has been used to create numerous small-scale personal projects, a large demo to simulate docking with the International Space Station and a variety of tools needed for hardware tests.
“To describe it simply, makerspaces are a community center with tools,” said Marc Costantine, founder of the Dulles…