After a whole month of work, I’m finally proud to introduce - Raptor 3 (A Thread 🧵) All following Renders are 4K - (3840p x 2160p) Would really appreciate a like and repost 🙏 (1/6)

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Turbopump development is underrated

Over the months we have been carrying out extensive gas generator and turbopump hot and cold testing campaigns to reach this point. PLD Space has developed the most powerful privately developed turbopump ever designed in #Europe. Soon we will have both engines of both stages

Meco Rocket Simulator is go for launch🚀 on Steam for Windows and macOS (Linux soon). Firstly, exclusive pre-launch Steam keys are going out to all Kickstarter Backers! ❤️

Why keep blurring the nozzle weld joint? Everyone welds printed shit, it is not special.

Sound ON 🔊an Aeon R engine at work.

Here is another angle of our Rocket Park Engine Shop, and it’s getting crowded in a good way. If you look closely, you’ll also see some BE-3Us for future New Glenn missions (sans vacuum nozzles). Our BE-3Us for NG-2 were hotfired in April and ready to go.

🔱 Ariane, Prometheus, Vulcain… We didn’t just choose these names at random. They’re from mythology, but they’re also significant in their notion of progress: linking the sagas of the past to tomorrow’s technologies.

From coast to coast, testing efforts advanced significantly across propulsion and structural systems. 📍 Stennis Space Center , MS: The first stage engine qualification campaign passed the halfway mark, validating ascent, re-entry, and landing objectives. 📍 Long Beach, CA: Shear

Meco is now in full-on hard-mode-read-engineering-texts-to-get-a-clue because tutorials and quality-of-life features are not yet available. Tracking a 25% return rate right now on Steam 😅

This hits too close to home 🤣