Airbus designer hopes to see planes roll out of hangar-sized 3D printers by 2050 - Engadget

3D printing may still be in its infancy, but at least
one Airbus designer sees things progressing quite
a bit over the next 40 years or so. As Forbes
reports, the company's Bastian Schafer has been
working on a new concept plane for the last two
years with other Airbus designers -- one that
would largely be "printed" using a hangar-sized
3D printer. "It would have to be about 80 by 80
meters," he told Forbes, adding that such a thing
"could be feasible."

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