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: 2022-10-08
Company - Relativity Space
Service
- 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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