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The Genius of 3D Printed Rockets

2021-08-12

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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


Intro
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How it works
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Why 3D print
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Rocket Tank
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Rocket Engine
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Rapid iteration
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The secret sauce
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The new rocket
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Automation
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Going to Mars
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