Fuente: WIPO "circular economy" Provided herein are systems and methods for autonomous in-situ resource utilization (ISRU), processing, manufacturing and recycling in space, including a factory system. The factory system may include: a factory comprising a preprocessing module configured to receive, classify, and sort input materials, a storage module configured to receive preprocessed input materials from the preprocessing module, a material processing module configured to receive preprocessed input materials from the preprocessing module and the storage module to undergo a transformation into a processed material to be used as part of a space system wherein the storage module is further configured to receive processed material from the material processing module, and an autonomous assembly module configured to receive processed material from at least one of the material processing module and the storage module and to assembly at least one of a space system and components of a space system.