... facilities that enable rapid mass production of its Electron launch vehicle as all of its main components are 3D-printed, which helps to cut both cost and time for manufacturing. On top of this, the company has a private...
... times. The engine and associated turbo pumps are made by additive manufacturing in a single piece, the largest 3-D printed rocket engine in the world. SLM Solutions of Lubeck, Germany manufactures the rocket engine and its complex...
... celestial body when the cost of transporting materials into space is enormous? One company is offering a solution – 3D print your own infrastructure by melting moon dust with lasers to make it usable as building material. This ambitious project...
... be converted into usable metal alloys - material that could be used in other applications on the Moon. “Could they be 3D printed directly, for example, or would they require refining?” says ESA research fellow Alexandre Meurisse. “The precise...