The debut launch of a 3D-printed rocket built by California-based startup Relativity Space was cancelled at the last minute on Wednesday. The launch was seen as a key test of the US company’s novel strategy for cutting manufacturing costs.The 35-metre-tall (115-foot) Terran 1 rocket, 85 percent of which was fabricated from a 3D printer, was set to lift off from a United States Space Force base launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida, but was cancelled about one minute before launch due to a temperature issue. The company has yet to announce a new launch date.Josh Brost, Relativity Space’s senior vice president of revenue, had called the Terran 1 “by far the largest 3D-printed structure that’s ever been assembled” and said the launch represented an opportunity to test “a whole bunch of things all at once”.
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