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by stevenrace 4216 days ago
I suspect you'd still need 'supports' added when slicing - as often it's not so much gravity, but movement from the print head that causes things to go awry.

As for layer/bed adhesion. Even here on Earth, the RepRap MendelMax/Lulzbot [1] can print upside down. I imagine that's true for most of the units made from aluminum extrusions. And there have already been prints done in parabolic 'zero-g' flights using a Makerbot looking printer [2].

[1] http://download.lulzbot.com/TAZ/photos/upside_down/Lulzbot_p...

[2] https://flightopportunities.nasa.gov/technologies/4/