XPost: sci.space.policy, sci.physics, sci.electronics.design   
      
   In sci.physics David Mitchell  wrote:   
   > jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:   
   >   
   >> And about the only place where weight matters that much is in things   
   >> that fly and in that case useless mass is already gone from the design   
   >> without the expense of 3D printing.   
   >>   
   >> Have you ever looked at the interior structures of an aircraft?   
   >>   
   >> 3D printing is, and always will be, a niche manufacturing method.   
   >   
   > "Nobody needs more than 640K"   
   >   
   > I don't really think it's sensible to say "never" wrt technology - you're   
   > judging a very immature technology   
   >   
   > The biggest problem wrt printing vehicles will, I suspect, be the legislation   
   > governing safety.   
      
   Nope, economics.   
      
   It takes a fraction of a second to stamp out a sheet metal automobile body   
   part out of standard sheet metal stock.   
      
   I fail to understand why geeks think 3D printing is the ultimate answer   
   to manufacturing when it is in fact slow and expensive.   
      
      
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