An aerospace startup wants to take additive manufacturing to interstellar heights by building the world’s first 3D-printed rocket with the world’s biggest 3D printer. When your mission is unprecedented, sometimes that means inventing a whole new toolkit.

 

Relativity Space is no doubt flying uncharted skies. The L.A.-based aerospace startup aims to build and launch into orbit the world’s first entirely 3D-printed rocket. To do so, it has already achieved a monumental first in the process: the company has built what it claims to be the world’s largest metal 3D printer . Because even though 3D printers have come a long way, it’s not possible to print a seven-foot-wide, 105-foot-tall rocket that can withstand the extreme heat and stress of a space launch with a consumer-grade machine that’s used to print DIY toys. Relativity Space’s Stargate 3D printer. AN ASTRONOMICAL PRINTING JOB Meet the Largest Metal 3D Printer on Earth […]

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