{"id":645945,"date":"2013-03-08T13:00:10","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T18:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=618474"},"modified":"2013-03-08T13:00:10","modified_gmt":"2013-03-08T18:00:10","slug":"liftoff-your-design-plus-a-3-d-printer-could-power-the-next-rockets-in-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/645945","title":{"rendered":"Liftoff! Your design plus a 3-D printer could power the next rockets in space"},"content":{"rendered":"

As more people and companies use 3-D printers, there’s a growing number of uses for the devices, which turn designs into actual things. I’ve seen\u00a0printed skull implants<\/a>, coffee mugs and even 3-D printed replacement parts for 3-D printers — how meta! But I have yet to see this: A 3-D printed rocket engine. That’s likely to change as the result of a contest kicking off Friday at SXSW.<\/p>\n

DIYROCKETS<\/a>, a global space company,\u00a0and Sunglass<\/a>, which offers a collaborative design service,\u00a0are partnering for the event, which offers $10,000 in prize money. Shapeways<\/a>, a company that prints out designs for people without 3-D printers will also provide $500 in printing costs to the top two entries. To get an idea of how 3-D printing works, here’s a short video from Shapeways to explain:<\/p>\n