SpaceX Launches 3D Printed Pendant Inspired by Falcon Heavy Rocket

Even if you are not a space enthusiast, you may have heard about Falcon's heavy rocket that SpaceX is about to launch, and in fact, the rocket launched yesterday will be the most powerful rocket of its kind.

SpaceX, led by commercial giant Elon Musk, hopes the launch will stand out in the space launch industry, and if successful, the launch of the Falcon heavy rocket may mark a small step toward the ultimate goal of establishing a colony on Mars.

On Earth, if you are looking for a way to celebrate or commemorate this momentous event, Andrew McCalip, founder of Cosine Additive, designed and 3D printed the chandelier inspired by SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket.

The Falcon 9 is named after the spacecraft's nine first-class engines and is arguably the most famous SpaceX rocket model (after all, it has 27 engines!)

However, for the living room setting, the nine thrust engines beautifully convey the rocket effect, as McCalip said on his blog: 'When you have a huge composite extrusion 3D printer and love space like us Such a thing happens.

McCalip and his team at Cosine Additive rely on the company's particle extrusion 3D printing technology for the project, and the particle feeding system is reported to open the possibility for materials backed by 3D printed rocket-inspired hanging lights.

Currently, users can order Falcon 9 chandeliers by clicking here and have two different material options. The first model is made of fiberglass-reinforced polycarbonate for $ 500. It has a flexural strength of 210 MPa and a 17 HP Young's modulus.
The second, more luxurious model is a combination of polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), one of the strongest 3D printed thermoplastics, and carbon fiber.The PPS Falcon 9 chandelier prints at 9,000 mm / min using a 4 mm nozzle. Allegedly, 'when struck like a bells', it has a flexural modulus of 39 GPa and a flexural strength of 343 MPa. It is not hard to guess that this model is a little expensive and costs $ 600.