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  Reaching the Outer Limits with GibbsCAM and the Mars Rover Wheel

  "We're down!" This shout of joy could be heard from many places on planet Earth as the Mars Rover Spirit touched down on January 4th, 2004. Over the following days, the Rover received instructions from the scientists and engineers on Earth to perform scientific experiments. The Rover also took close-up pictures of the red Martian surface.

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  AccuAir Control Systems Builds Precision Ride Height Control Systems With On Demand Manufacturing …

  The original AccuAir Precision Ride Height Control System had done the job for over 5 years. The main ECU Enclosure was aesthetically pleasing, yet very expensive to manufacture and offered no resistance to harsh weather environments. In order to reduce production cost and create a more robust and environmentally sealed Enclosure, the engineers a…

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  Direct Metal 3D Printing Enables CEEE to Manufacture Lean and Green Heat Exchanger

  The University of Maryland’s Center for Environmental Energy Engineering (CEEE) sums up its quest to deliver innovative approaches to energy conversion in two words: lean and green.

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  Planetary Resources Uses 3D Printed Casting Patterns to Explore New Frontiers in Spacecraft Manufa…

  Planetary Resource’s stated mission is bold: “To establish a new paradigm for resource utilization that will bring the solar system within humanity’s economic sphere of influence.”

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