Elon Musk tweeted two days ago tha Spacex has figured out how to design rocket parts just with hand movements. Spacex will post a video of the process next week. They then use 3d printing to make the parts.
The director of the Iron Man movie Jon Favreau tweeted Musk asking: "Like in Iron Man?"
Elon Musk responded in the affirmative.
NASA used 3D printing to create an injector (part of a jet engine). It was the largest 3-D printed rocket engine component NASA ever has tested. It produced 10 times more thrust than any injector previously fabricated using 3-D printing. The engine firing generated a record (for a 3D printed part) 20,000 pounds of thrust.
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Propulsion systems engineer Greg Barnett prepares a rocket injector for a hot fire test at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
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The director of the Iron Man movie Jon Favreau tweeted Musk asking: "Like in Iron Man?"
Elon Musk responded in the affirmative.
NASA used 3D printing to create an injector (part of a jet engine). It was the largest 3-D printed rocket engine component NASA ever has tested. It produced 10 times more thrust than any injector previously fabricated using 3-D printing. The engine firing generated a record (for a 3D printed part) 20,000 pounds of thrust.
Propulsion systems engineer Greg Barnett prepares a rocket injector for a hot fire test at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
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