3d printed fuel
3D Printing Is Key to the New Energy Space
While it’s difficult to observe from the standpoint of a subjective individual, human society is currently undergoing a fundamental transformation. Driven primarily by resource depletion and lack of deeper economic…
3D Printed Fuel: Rocket Crafters Moves Closer to Test Flight for Launch Vehicle
After 49 successful lab tests, Florida-based private space company Rocket Crafters initiated testing of a prototype model of its STAR-3D hybrid rocket engine in February. The patent-pending, 5000-pound thrust Comet…
3D Printed Rocket Thrusters Could Change Small Spacecraft Industry
3D printing has made a place for itself firmly in the center of the aerospace industry, with the technology being used to fabricate rocket engines and components, satellites and more. Even…
Rocket Crafters Receives DARPA Contract for 3D Printed Rocket Engine
This week, Rocket Crafters, Inc. announced that it has been awarded a $542,600 contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to build and test a large-scale hybrid rocket engine…
3D Printing News Briefs: May 30, 2017
In 3D Printing News Briefs today, Gilmour Space Technologies has secured Series A funding to develop its hybrid-engine rockets that use 3D printed fuel, while Oventus Medical signs a manufacturing…
Rocket Crafters, Inc. Granted Patent for 3D Printed Fuel Grains for Hybrid Rockets
We’ve heard a lot about 3D printed rockets and rocket components over the last few years, thanks largely to NASA’s ongoing efforts to create the first fully 3D printed rocket…
Digestive Car: Methane Producing, 3D Printed Living Cow Stomachs As a Vehicle Power Source?
We hear a lot about the dangers of methane–the primary component in natural gas, which is also emitted from our own bodies. It can be unsafe in small spaces. It’s…
