In times of massive popularity of artificial intelligence, it is rare to see amazing science fiction concepts in 3D.
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Lego and European Space Agency made bricks out of meteor dust
The LEGO Group company together with the European Space Agency (ESA) Agency presented unique bricks, which are made of meteorite dust. The material was found in space.
ESA scientists created a special lunar regolith by crushing an old meteorite to get the necessary material. The dust from it was used to 3D print the bricks, which connect to each other just like regular Lego pieces.
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Elon Musk unveiled the heat-shield-free Raptor 3 engine
The amount of work to simplify the Raptor engine, introducing secondary flow channels and adding regenerative cooling for exposed components, has been staggering. As a result, the Raptor 3 requires no heat shield, which reduces mass, eliminates the complexity of the heat shield, and the fire suppression system. It is also lighter, has more thrust, and higher efficiency than the Raptor 2. Mass prod