This arrangement leads to a few complicated welding and machining processes, but surprisingly these obstacles can be overcome by simply printing a rocket engine on a 3D printer. The current engine ...
Now, with Rocket Lab's new Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) machine, it can be done in a single day. You can think of it as being similar to a 39 ft tall (12 m), 75-ton, autonomous 3D printer that ...
Rocket engines are tough to build, and they’re even tougher to 3D print because all the details have to be ‘just right’ for the rocket to work successfully. But, an Indian space startup ...