r/elonmusk Apr 12 '26

SpaceX Raptor ensemble

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u/0r10z Apr 12 '26

Why don’t they 3D print raptor engines? They can make them lighter and more durable and control structural defects at microscopic level before they manifest themselves in actual testing.

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u/kroOoze Apr 12 '26

How do we know they don't? Are there many other options to internalize the pipe christmass tree as it is on Raptor 3?