NASA Funds 3D Printing Projects for Upcoming Era of Space Exploration

https://3dprint.com/269963/nasa-funds-3d-printing-projects-for-upcoming-era-of-space-exploration/

A team of experts from the University of Delaware and Texas-based company KAI will use a recently developed additive manufacturing technique, called localized in-plane thermal assisted (LITA) 3D printing to manufacture thermal protection systems that use continuous carbon fiber reinforced high-temperature thermoset composites. The application will serve NASA’s Orion and unmanned re-entry spacecraft, rocket nozzles of exoplanetary lander systems, and space launch system (SLS).