Into Space with a 95% 3DP Rocket

Aerospace companies are using 3D printing for space rides. Relativity Space wants to take off in a 95% 3DP rocket.

Rob Spiegel

October 11, 2023

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Relativity Space has already sent an 85% 3D-printed rocket beyond Earth’s atmosphere. The company promises to take the percentage to nearly 100%. Here are a couple of videos that will catch you up on the reasons for 3D printing rockets and the progress companies like Relativity Space are making on the goal.

As with most 3D-printed advances, the catch is in the materials. Relativity Space used its proprietary aluminum and NASA’s alloy of copper, chromium, and niobium.

These two videos say it all. The first one is background on 3D printing headed for space. The next one is Relativity Space’s tribute to the launch of its Terran 1 rocket.

 


 

 

About the Author

Rob Spiegel

Rob Spiegel serves as a senior editor for Design News. He started with Design News in 2002 as a freelancer covering sustainability issues, including the transistion in electronic components to RoHS compliance. Rob was hired by Design News as senior editor in 2011 to cover automation, manufacturing, 3D printing, robotics, AI, and more.

Prior to his work with Design News, Rob worked as a senior editor for Electronic News and Ecommerce Business. He served as contributing editolr to Automation World for eight years, and he has contributed to Supply Chain Management Review, Logistics Management, Ecommerce Times, and many other trade publications. He is the author of six books on small business and internet commerce, inclluding Net Strategy: Charting the Digital Course for Your Company's Growth.

He has been published in magazines that range from Rolling Stone to True Confessions.

Rob has won a number of awards for his technolloghy coverage, including a Maggy Award for a Design News article on the Jeep Cherokee hacking, and a Launch Team award for Ecommerce Business. Rob has also won awards for his leadership postions in the American Marketing Association and SouthWest Writers.

Before covering technology, Rob spent 10 years as publisher and owner of Chile Pepper Magazine, a national consumer food publication. He has published hundreds of poems and scores of short stories in national publications.

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