Blastoff for 3-D printing: How Virgin Orbit harnesses high tech for low-cost rockets

Blastoff for 3-D printing: How Virgin Orbit harnesses high tech for low-cost rockets

Blastoff for 3-D printing: How Virgin Orbit harnesses high tech for low-cost rockets

LONG BEACH, Calif. - Virgin Orbit aims to blaze a trail on the final frontier, but in order to do that, it has had to push into new frontiers on the factory floor. Case in point: The Lasertec 4300 3D additive-subtractive hybrid machine that's turning out rocket parts at Virgin Orbit's 180,000-square-foot manufacturing facility here in Long Beach.
LONG BEACH, Calif. - Virgin Orbit aims to blaze a trail on the final frontier, but in order to do that, it has had to push into new frontiers on the factory floor. Case in point: The Lasertec 4300 3D additive-subtractive hybrid machine that's turning out rocket parts at Virgin Orbit's 180,000-square-foot manufacturing facility here in Long Beach.
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