{"id":1958,"date":"2013-03-11T17:14:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T17:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/1958-can-you-design-a-3d-printed-rocket-engine-to-send-nano-satellites-into-space.html"},"modified":"2017-04-17T12:48:45","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T16:48:45","slug":"can-you-design-a-3d-printed-rocket-engine-to-send-nano-satellites-into-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/can-you-design-a-3d-printed-rocket-engine-to-send-nano-satellites-into-space","title":{"rendered":"Can You Design a 3D Printed Rocket Engine to Send Nano-Satellites Into Space?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openspaceuniversity.org\/%23!rocketchallenge\/c22xk\">DIYROCKETS<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunglass.io\/\">Sunglass.io<\/a> have announced a partnership to launch the world&rsquo;s first open source competition to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.openspaceuniversity.org\/%23!rocketchallenge\/c22xk#!rocketchallenge\/c22xk\">create 3D printed rocket engines through collaborative design<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!-- s9ymdb:33159 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"serendipity_image_center\" width=\"674\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/674x501_414495_152359_1338413388.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The competition challenges makers, designers and space entrepreneurs to collaborate to create open source 3D printed rocket engine to serve the growing market for small payload delivery into low earth orbit. &nbsp;The concept is for teams to work together to design and 3D model a working rocket engine in the software of their choice, using Sunglass.io as a collaboration tool to edit and update the 3D model.<\/p>\n<p>The first prize is $5000 cold hard cash and a student prize of $2500 along with 3D printing courtesy of Shapeways.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.openspaceuniversity.org\/%23!rocketchallenge\/c22xk#!rocketchallenge\/c22xk\">full competition details<\/a> for judging criteria and rules (no sending puppies into orbit or nuclear power unless you have the correct permits)<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 9.5pt;\">Registration is open until April 6, 2013, 11:59 PM PST? &nbsp;?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>First 3D Draft of Design due April13, 2013, 11:59 PM PST&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Concept Note due April 13, 2013, 11:59 PM PST <\/p>\n<p>Business Case due June 1, 2013, 11:59 PM PST &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Final Design due June 1, 2013, 11:59 PM PST &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Winners announced by July 1, 2013&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>DIYROCKETS is a global space company incorporated in 2012 to help humanity establish a civilization in space by lowering the cost of space exploration as much as possible by generating extremely low cost knowledge and space technology through opensourcing and crowdsourcing. 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