Cutting-edge technology enabling settlement of the solar system and beyond – Art by Rick Guidice / NASA
The California company is opening an autonomous factory in Long Beach which will use additive manufacturing to print both its Aeon engine and Terran 1 rocket. The unprecedented agile manufacturing process will slash production costs by reducing parts count and increasing throughput enabling a competitive advantage in this class of launchers (1250 Kg to LEO).
Satellite manufacturers and launch companies are leveraging 3D printing to reduce costs enabling cheaper access to space
A nostalgic view from 1991 brought to you by my old newsletter Space Colonization Progress. Ahhhh memories!
Update: all issues of SCP are now available on the Vintage page
Day 1 – The Entrepreneurial Revolution In Smallsat Launch
http://space-access.org/updates/sa2019schedule.html#Thursday
Day 2 – Reusable Rocket Transport Networks in Earth-Moon (and Mars, and Nearby Asteroids) Space
http://space-access.org/updates/sa2019schedule.html#Friday
Day 3 – After Rockets, Getting There Faster: High Energy Propulsion Possibilities
http://space-access.org/updates/sa2019schedule.html#Saturday
Scaled Composites makes aviation history by flying the worlds largest wingspan aircraft: