Los Angeles-based firm Relativity Space is developing what it claims to be the world's largest 3D printer, capable of producing complete rockets. The printer, called Stargate, can transform proprietary alloys into a working rocket in 60 days, and the company said it is "constantly getting smarter and faster by using sensors and intelligent learning". It has already printed parts for SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, which will carry astronauts on its first trip around Earth next year.
Los Angeles-based firm Relativity Space is developing what it claims to be the world's largest 3D printer, capable of producing complete rockets. The printer, called Stargate, can transform proprietary alloys into a working rocket in 60 days, and the company said it is "constantly getting smarter and faster by using sensors and intelligent learning". Relativity Space's ultimate vision is to use Stargate on Mars, where it said: "compact 3D printing would be a fundamental technology to quickly build a new society with scarce resources".