The latest third generation printer, such is what we're building on entirely now, is 32 feet tall. We can print about 20 foot diameter on to 20 feet by 32 feet. And then all the engines are printed as well. So it's really, for the very first rocket, it's about 85 %, 30 printed. And i think, i think will actually exceed 95% on the next versions of our rockets.
The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Tim Ellis, co-founder of Relativity, to talk about why he chose 3D printing (5:00), reducing the ways things can go wrong (11:25), how it works (15:00), the cost difference vs traditional manufacturing (26:05), why Mars (30:10), leaving Blue Origin to start the company (40:15), raising money and getting into Y Combinator (46:25), manufacturing on Mars (52:45), selling investors on the idea (59:00), and the impending launch (1:05:30).
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