Tim Ellis, who previously worked at Blue Origin, and Jordan Noone, a former employee of SpaceX, started Relativity Space in 2016 to use 3-D metal printing technology to build rockets more easily and with fewer parts. The firm has raised $45 million and is testing those 3-D printed parts. Its ultimate goal: To build an entire rocket from 3-D printed parts, making satellite launches easier and more affordable.
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Relativity Space, a 3D printing rocket startup, recently made a notable executive hire. Brandon Pearse, who previously held roles at Virgin Galactic and SpaceX, is now Relativity Space’s Vice President (VP) of avionics and integrated software.
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But one of the latest players to enter the commercial spaceflight industry, Relativity Space, thinks we can take the concept even farther. Not content to just 3D print rocket components, founders Tim Ellis and Jordan Noone believe the entire rocket can be printed.
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There is no wiggle room once you land on Mars. You either have what you need to survive, or you die.
That risk is dramatically portrayed in the sci-fi book and movie " The Martian," in which a stranded astronaut survives on leftover potatoes, freeze-dried feces, and a lot of gumption.
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Relativity recently announced the hiring of Tobias Duschl, who has worked for the last six years as senior director of global business operations for Tesla, the electric vehicle company. He will run operations for Relativity as it transitions from development to commercial spaceflight operations over the next three to four years.
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3D printing is efficient and highly customizable, and has potential applications across a wide range of industries.
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Relativity Space CEO Tim Ellis says his printer has passed an industrial standard for welding called AWS D17.1 Class A, which has stringent rules for quality. ”That’s the standard you would use for fracture-critical, mission critical parts that cannot fail,” he says. Ellis gave Quartz a rare look inside the process.
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On Monday morning, Relativity will announce the hiring of Tim Buzza as an adviser to shepherd the company's launch vehicle execution.
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It was 2015 when Tim Ellis and Jordan Noone were working on 3D-printing processes at Blue Origin and SpaceX, respectively. During that time they both realized that a fully 3D-printed rocket was inevitable - and designing one from the ground up could make rockets cheaper and easier to build.
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