3D printed rockets save on up front tooling, enable rapid iteration, decrease part count, and facilitate radically new designs. For your chance to win 2 seats on one of the first Virgin Galactic flights to Space and support a great cause, go to https://www.omaze.com/veritasium
Thanks to Tim Ellis and everyone at Relativity Space for the tour!
https://www.relativityspace.com/
https://youtube.com/c/RelativitySpace
Special thanks to Scott Manley for the interview and advising on aerospace engineering.
Check out his channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/szyzyg
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References:
Benson, T. (2021). Rocket Parts. NASA. — https://ve42.co/RocketParts
Boen, B. (2009). Winter Wonder: Rocket Icicles. NASA. — https://ve42.co/EngineIcicles
Hall, N. (2021). Rocket Thrust Equation. NASA. — https://ve42.co/RocketEqn
Benson, T. (2021). Rocket Thrust. NASA. — https://ve42.co/RocketThrust
Regenerative Cooling — https://ve42.co/RegenCooling
How A Gold Bullet Almost Destroyed A Space Shuttle by Scott Manley — https://ve42.co/ManleyEngine
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Written by Derek Muller, Petr Lebedev, and Emily Zhang
Animation by Mike Radjabov
Filmed by Derek Muller, Raquel Nuno, Trenton Oliver, and Emily Zhang
Edited by Trenton Oliver
SFX by Shaun Clifford
Additional video supplied by Getty Images & Pond5
Produced by Derek Muller, Petr Lebedev, and Emily Zhang
why would you take them around welds without protection?
@miguelgordillo7561 Says:
It's 2026 ... has this full-body-up rocket-printing gone ANYWHERE ?
@RinkuMultani-v2e Says:
build brain with 3d that work with 100% of its capacity 😂😂
@CongAdventures Says:
I actually think rocket lab is a great company as well. These designs are interesting.
@VeerpalDhillon-i8e Says:
How much glue was needed huh
@paulflur4519 Says:
I weld with aluminum all the time. It’s a lot harder to work with than steal. My bosses told me that anyone that can weld aluminum will always be employable.
@VirtuousGreen-k2p Says:
"The Genius of 3D Printed Rockets"
company fails
@LikhithChinnareddy Says:
8:32 bro hit that how🥁🥁🥁🥁rd
@TheNat338 Says:
does anyone know what turned of this
@overkill1994 Says:
I love the StarCraft references. I really need to go back and play again.
@DanielŠulik Says:
Amaze amaze amaze!
@jamesdastrup4317 Says:
Yup everybody and their dog jumping into 3D'ing rocket motors...why would anyone invest in a UK company doing anything..learned my lesson investing in Rolls Royce... English are to be avoided at all costs...😢😢
@Jeff-wl1cz Says:
bogus binted?
@FactoEcho_01 Says:
4 years ago?? Did they launch??
@N.C.I.-sj7nn Says:
Why didn't they build a spaceship like the one in the movie?
@Its2084 Says:
It's not genius it's obvious. But certainly a change in technology.
@LucianKjeltTasonda Says:
LETS hope that it doesnt go like ocean gate incident...
@Scandiniviandefense Says:
3:56
scott is that you??
@daxdax9601 Says:
what does 100 times cheaper mean ? one hundredth off the cost ? If the current cost is 1,000,000 dollars per kilo to get into low orbit, what is 100 times cheaper ? my mind does not compute
@mini52_422 Says:
Corny
@samahndal Says:
Veritaseum is very left apparently
@sherlockholmes6956 Says:
I want a 3d printed ICE for cars and bikes.
@XavierBetoN Says:
According Scott Manley's question,
I think at least parts of a rocket engine will be 3d-printed in the future.. Especially the nozzle.
@Infamous_Squire Says:
I wonder if this aged like the 3d printed houses..
@lancelucifer4851 Says:
Been thinking about this for the look. Im thinking of epoxy dipped and exotic wood. This is very cool.
@ghostn00bs74 Says:
So it's a race to see who can take over mars and get away from earth 🌎 😂
@Datalore48uk Says:
Hmm People who see UFO say they can not seem any seems and if the theory that they are humans from the future is true and this technology in the future is used then they would 3rd print their ships and hence have no seems.
@151Phace Says:
Well it really does always boil down to some romanticized fantasy that is so unrealistic and so far from reality as to nearly qualify for psychosis or schizophrenia. Musk has it. This kid has it.
I would like to iterate and then reiterate, we shall never live on Mars. Mars has nothing for us except for a tragedy. Whoever goes there shall perish and we shall not go there again.
It is a hostel, barren, deadly wasteland with no breathable air. Don't be effing ridiculous
@bigtexuntex7825 Says:
To me, the cool thing about 3d printing the rockets is you could run the 3d printer in space, and build impossible designs.
@IoanBota-v9l Says:
Ilike it
@electricmaster6304 Says:
starcraft mentioned yay :)
@guitar_obsession Says:
Just seen the world’s next billionaire. He’s like Elon before the media got hold of him.
@arquivodefotos5404 Says:
Se vcs querem voar para o espaco com custos menores , maior segurança de lançamento, e retorno e com maior capacidade de cargas , terão que mexer nos " miolos emboladinhos" para soltar " pontudos " para Papai do Céu ficar olhando. E seus
Pontudos vão pegar contratos .
Vao economizar orcamentos e despoluir a era espacial. . E desenvolver outras tecnologias muito melhores de chegar ao espaço.
Mais rápido. Mais fácil. E mais seguro .
Terão que refazer a era espacial. Vou projetar uma cidade para o Reino aeroespacial.
Vao colocar suas " sinapses emboladinhas nos miolos"( tecnologias de funcionamento da matéria criada ) para funcionar em um projeto integrado . Que vai fazer o setor aumentar eficiência , diminuir riscos, aumentar capacidade de cargas, e o número de lançamentos. Sem perder vidas . E sem poluir .
@HAMlLTON Says:
6:46 Not stiffeners they are bulkheads
@HAMlLTON Says:
5:21 Ya sure thing bud
@matthewhealy4752 Says:
Why is everyone so against or always overlooking colonizing the Moon!? 🌚 Like bro the moon would be so much fun plus you can go back and forth plus you have to have a big orbital base on Earth and around the moon so it would mean you'd get to orbital bases and a moon base before you even think about Mars. So let's focus on trampoline gliding wingsuit parks on a bubble resort on the moon!
@matthewhealy4752 Says:
Yeah traditional cars were held back from being electric by lobbying against electric.
@matthewhealy4752 Says:
Couldn't you also just have like a reverse casting technique where you have it weld to the outside of a thinner piece of material reinforcing it? Basically start with something that's super fine tuned/refined and then reinforce it with the 3D printer. Obviously in that scenario you would want to start with a lower melting point weld initially and then work into a higher weld😅 temperature bond in order to avoid distorting the original material you're reinforcing.
@matthewhealy4752 Says:
I know aluminum cools down fast. I used to TIG and mig weld it. But why don't they heat it up a little hotter than "just a few degrees above melting point"? I also used to blow glass for 11 years (sorry if I sound like a pompous ass, I'm just trying to say I'm familiar with the materials), yes you can bond glass at a lower temperature, but if you heat it up more the bond is substantially better and more fluid and harder to tell apart from the previous area. More thoroughly melting components together is way more durable then barely bonding components, also annihilation capability is improved for when you kiln it. I mean I've noticed with plastic 3D printers it's like everyone's bonding stuff at too low of a melting point so you get this very rough end result that's not as durable, is brittle... More than something that was pour cast or injection molded, or most definitely not as durable as something fabricated in other traditional ways.
3D printers are the future though on many areas, and eventually everyone's home will have one that can print many items that we used to have to send out for. 3D printers are going to be standard appliances, and they will eventually be the replicators from Star Trek.
@jimtim-cj6ln Says:
"I'm gonna take you there myself, fly you to the moon. That's a promise!" -David Martinez
@baneregime Says:
Manufacturing Sector is booming
@ZhangYichén1 Says:
3Dプリンターが日本製だと気づいた人はいますか？
@liambohl Says:
This video and company have aged poorly
@ACE-sx8mo Says:
Okay but I'm still getting strong OceanGate vibes here. The guys in charge are younger than my shoes.
@PushToTheUpside Says:
Anyone that has train global leaders in their mission statement is…
@jacobkudrowich Says:
The guy giving the tour needs to work on his upspeak. ending every sentence like its a question?
@officialMX3D Says:
Super interesting, we might print it as well someday in the future... ;)
@MachinesAndGenius Says:
Human creativity truly knows no bounds
@vera2193 Says:
3d printing a rocket reminds me a LOT of a game called astroneer. a space game where basically everything you make is created by 3d printers.
@samimnot1 Says:
Put that 3D printer in the rocket and take it to the Moon or Mars with filament. So everything could be built on site.
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