Giant prototype shows how AI and 3D printing may finally enable spaceplanes.
Farsoon Technologies and LEAP 71 just unveiled a striking proof of concept for future winged spaceflight: a 1.5-meter-tall prototype hypersonic precooler, advancing cooling technology that could one day enable air-breathing vehicles to reach orbit. Designed entirely by LEAP 71’s AI system Noyron and metal-printed on Farsoon’s large-format FS811M-U-8 system, the part serves as a demonstration of what AI-driven design and industrial-scale additive manufacturing can achieve.
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