There’s a startup in California with dreams of enhancing the future of space travel, and they have their very own Stargate.
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Not the teleportation portal from science fiction, of course. The Stargate owned by Relativity Space , which just announced a new funding round of $140 million in October, is arguably the largest metal 3D printing device in the world.
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Which makes sense: after all, you need something pretty ambitious if your aim is to 3D print rockets capable of carrying over a ton of payload into space. The founders of Relativity Space, which include former employees of Blue Origin and SpaceX, felt that the aerospace industry hadn’t made sufficient use of new additive manufacturing technologies.
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The CEO and co-founder, Tim Ellis, thinks 3D printing can almost entirely automate the production of rockets and give the company an edge in an increasingly crowded market. “Other companies, […]
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