NASA 3-D Prints First Full-Scale Copper Rocket Engine Part
- April 24, 2015
Engineers at NASA 3-D , who were working with additive manufacturing, have developed the first full-scale, 3D printed copper rocket engine part – a combustion chamber liner that operates at extreme temperatures and pressures. NASA said that the process they used to make the combustion chamber has the potential to drastically reduce the time and money needed