The US has a national strategy to put factories in space

The US government wants to see more of the expensive hardware in space maintained and even built there, rather than back on Earth. Space activities add billions to the US economy, but the inability to build in orbit limits that contribution. Now, new technologies developed by the US government and private firms are showing what it will take to begin servicing, assembling, and even manufacturing in space. Experts say it is the path toward orbiting factories and long-term habitation on the Moon. More

(Source: Quartz - Jun 17)