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Thanks for taking the time to reply. I'm going interpret that as a soft yes with reservation since you seem to be extremely knowledgeable in this specialist area and additionally state that you are doing 'very bespoke' work within that. Interesting stuff, great to hear from someone with such knowledge. I suppose Starlink/SpaceX people are NDA'd to the point they can't comment, maybe we'll hear from them in future. FWIW internally we've achieved autonomous cable production ex termination (length, strip and cut including measured splice-points - rarely used), and custom bus bars which I guess are a nominal harness in a sense. Anything more complex we need pre-terminated still gets sent out.

[cuSetanta]

I would also add that the 'New Space' scene is going to be much more willing to accept autonomous manufacturing methods. People like ESA are much much more resistant to change, and will take a lot of convincing that it is as good as the slow manual method.

Honestly, as things are looking, I am likely to be leaving the space sector in the near future, so I am not too worried about protecting my job or future on that front. The more accessible space is the better, even if that means people like me become less common.