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If you have no 3D printer, .stl files are viewable in the Mac OS Finder. Just download the file, select it and hit the spacebar: a 3D rendering of the .stl can be rotated.
Are there any particular 3D printers recommended for these NASA models?
Got briefly excited thinking they’d actually 3D printed the real thing
Heh, wonder how well this would fly if done with a 3d metal printer and powered by an rc sized jet turbine engine?
> The X-59 experimental aircraft is approximately 100 feet long and is designed to fly at Mach 1.4 (925 mph).

I'm sorry, but my 3D printer isn't big enough to print a 100 foot long object, and I doubt PLA will hold up at Mach 1.4

That title is missing the scale. I assume it's not intended to be printed at 1:1?