3D-printed rocket engines are powering the commercial space age
3D-printed rocket engines are powering the commercial space age 3D printing technology is revolutionizing trial-and-error rocket development Add rocket fuel The key to fast engine development is to reduce the number of parts, which reduces the time it takes to assemble the engine and the disruption caused by supply chain delays. The easiest way to do this is to change manufacturing processes. Space companies are now moving away fromsubtractive manufacturing processes– which remove material to shape a part – toadditive manufacturing processesthat build up a part by adding material to it bit by bit....