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 3D, 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 3D on Mars, where it said: "compact 3D printing would be a fundamental technology to quickly build a new society with scarce resources".
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".