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: 2021-01-08

Classification

Surface Habitat

Category

Surface Habitats
Space Construction Company

Fields

Space Construction Company
Additive Manufacturing (3D printing)

Status

3) Development

First launch

2021

“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.”

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

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