Had to Google that but found a great video – so true. the idea is to use your brains for good not evil – even if disguised as “defence”. Highly recommend this clip about those who saw it first, likely influencing Einstein and those involved with the bomb.
The future of space is here. Built for next-generation satellite launches and multiplanetary transportation, Terran R ushers in a new class of fully reusable...
The SuperDraco engine that provides launch escape system and propulsive-landing thrust for the Dragon V2 passenger-carrying space capsule is fully printed, and was the first fully printed rocket engine.
3D printing began to be used in production versions of spaceflight hardware in early 2014, when SpaceX first flew a flight-critical propulsion system assembly on an operational Falcon 9 flight.
A number of other 3D-printed spacecraft assemblies have been ground-tested, including high-temperature, hi... Read more
Recently, the Made in Space Recycler launched to the space station for an investigation into which materials are most effective for recycling into 3D printing filament and which ones can hold up over multiple uses without degrading. This investigation is funded and flown through ISS National Lab.
RocketLab’s Rutherford rocket engine was first tested in late 2016, and since then, over 200 of the game-changing models have been produced. Their combustion chambers, injectors, pumps, and main propellant valves are all 3D printed using electron-beam melting.
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The Moonspike Kickstarter campaign launched today (Oct. 1) to raise $1 million to send a titanium payload crashing into the lunar surface to kick up a plume observable from orbit, its backers say.
Apparently the UK doesn’t mix space up with military commerce enough already.
Today, the Defence Committee publishes its report “Defence Space: through adversity to the stars?”
Had to Google that but found a great video – so true. the idea is to use your brains for good not evil – even if disguised as “defence”. Highly recommend this clip about those who saw it first, likely influencing Einstein and those involved with the bomb.
Nature is our temporary and our eternal friend
(2 upvotes)Turn weapons of war into weapons of salvation
(4 upvotes)More here. This is amazing. Whole stations one day maybe. Wonder who thought of applying the idea to spacecraft first?
The SuperDraco engine that provides launch escape system and propulsive-landing thrust for the Dragon V2 passenger-carrying space capsule is fully printed, and was the first fully printed rocket engine.
Recently, the Made in Space Recycler launched to the space station for an investigation into which materials are most effective for recycling into 3D printing filament and which ones can hold up over multiple uses without degrading. This investigation is funded and flown through ISS National Lab.
RocketLab’s Rutherford rocket engine was first tested in late 2016, and since then, over 200 of the game-changing models have been produced. Their combustion chambers, injectors, pumps, and main propellant valves are all 3D printed using electron-beam melting.
Now, this is more than just an idea! Relativity Space says its 3D printers can make a rocket in as little as two months.
Watch this.
not sure if moonspike are still attracting crowdfunds for this, but it looked like it was going to happen at one point.