As Aerojet-Rocketdyne continues 3D printing rocket engine parts and Enterprise In Space works towards 3D printing a recoverable spacecraft, one large group of companies and organizations are planning to replicate the entire crew module for the yet-to-be-completed Orion spacecraft. Announced at RAPID 2016 this week, the event’s host, SME, along with Lockheed Martin, FARO Technologies, Inc., Direct Dimensions, Inc., Met-L-Flo, Inc., Florida Institute of Technology and Cincinnati Inc. have begun 3D scanning the Orion crew module to 3D print 150 copies of this historic pod.…
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