Relativity Space

Building Humanity's Multiplanetary Future. We have a vision of scaling and sustaining an interplanetary society, with the goal of printing and launching the first rocket made on Mars. We believe in a future where interplanetary life fundamentally expands the possibilities for human experience. Our long-term vision is to upgrade humanity’s industrial base on Earth and on Mars.

Created: 2020-12-18

Updated: 2022-09-18

Company - Relativity Space

Founded
Country: 2016; USA

Funding: $1.3B+

Website: Relativity Space

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Classification: Surface Habitats & Structures

Category: Surface Habitats
Space Construction Company
Commercial Space Station

Fields: Space Construction Company
Additive Manufacturing (3D printing)

Status: 3) Development

First launch: 2022

“We want to lead and work on building humanity’s industrial base on Mars,” Ellis said. “That really stems from the 3D-printing technology, which which we can actually start [delivering to Mars] by launching smaller pieces.”
His goal is similar to Elon Musk’s with SpaceX, although Relativity isn’t focused on launching people. Instead, Ellis sees Relativity helping build on Mars by initially sending a small 3D-printer for “the first object manufactured on another planet by humanity,” which is “the future that we’re going towards.”
To Ellis, additive manufacturing is “inevitably required to build an industrial base on Mars.

Relativity Space submitted a proposal for NASA's Commercial Space Station CLD Program. The company had not disclosed plans for a commercial space station and the source selection statement offers few details beyond a “reusable and returnable lab with a return capability.” Tim Ellis, chief executive of Relativity, told SpaceNews Jan. 31 that the company has a “very early concept” on how the upper stage of its Terran R vehicle could be used as a commercial LEO destination, but declined to go into details.

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[1] https://www.relativityspace.com/

[2] https://spacenews.com/relativity-space-raises-500-million/

News, Research, Projects and Patents

Title	Type	Date	Summary
The future of the $447 billion space industry in 15 incredible pictures	Infographics	2021-12-03	An exclusive look at the booming space industry and three of the companies building it: Relativity Space, ABL Space, and Millennium Space.
Relativity Space to Develop Real-time Detection, Correction During 3D Printing	Project	2020-07-11	Relativity Space will work on developing a system capable of the real-time detection and correction of defects during 3D printing with the help of NASA funding.