Ngaphandle kokungabaza URobert Hillan, umfundi osemusha waseMelika wobunjiniyela bemishini kumele angabi nenjabulo, ikakhulukazi ngemuva kwesimemezelo esihlanganyelwe esenziwe yibo bobabili NASA ngokuya nge- Isisekelo se-American Society of Mechanical Engineers lapho bekuchazwe kabanzi ukuthi insimbi yomculo enembile eyenziwe yile nsizwa ikhethwe phakathi kwamakhulu amaphrojekthi abethunyelwe emncintiswaneni owawubizwe phambilini.
Umqondo kaRobert Hillan owawudume kakhulu kwi-NASA ususelwa ekwakhiweni kwe- prototype yamathuluzi amaningi yenziwe ngopulasitiki obumbene ofaka okhiye besayizi abehlukene, amasokhethi, izikali zokunemba, kanye nokusika ngocingo olulodwa. Leli thuluzi lithunyelwe yi-United States Space Agency ekuphrintweni kwe-3D. Ngalesi sizathu, lo mfundi osemncane wamenyelwa eMarshall Space Flight Center eHuntsville (Alabama).
Ngenxa yomncintiswano, uRobert Hillan ukwazile ukufaka ithuluzi lakhe esikhaleni.
Njengoba kuphawuliwe URobert Hillan:
Ngibonga kakhulu ukuthi nginikezwe ithuba lokuklama into ehlose ukukhiqizwa esikhungweni sasemkhathini. Bengihlala nginothando lokuhlola isikhala nokuhamba kwesikhala ngokujwayelekile. Ngilakhe ithuluzi ukuze likwazi ukuzivumelanisa nezimo ezahlukahlukene futhi ngenxa yalokho ngithemba ukubona ukwahluka kwethuluzi elisetshenzisiwe ngokuzayo elingakhiwa kusetshenziswa izinto ezinamandla.
Ngesikhathi sokuvakasha kwayo, le nsizwa ibe nethuba lokuxoxa imizuzu embalwa nosomkhathi abakwi-International Space Station. Ngenkathi besaphakathi kwengxoxo yabo, ukwakhiwa kwethuluzi kwaqedwa futhi babona okufanayo Tim kopra, usomkhathi osekwi International Space Station namuhla ubeke amazwana:
Into eyodwa okuqhamuka kaningi ne-prototyping nokuphrinta kwe-3D ukuthi kukhona inguqulo yepulasitiki. Kepha le nguqulo epulasitiki engicabanga ukuthi izosebenza ize ifike ezingeni elithile. Wenze kahle kakhulu, ngicabanga ukuthi kuhle. Uma kuphakama inkinga, shayela izidingo nezixazululo ezithile. Ukuphrinta kwe-3D kuvumela ukwakheka okusheshayo ukuhlangabezana nalezo zidingo. Yilokho ubuhle baleli thuluzi nalobu buchwepheshe. Ungakhiqiza okuthile obekungahlelwanga futhi ukwenze ngesikhathi esifushane.