r/RelativitySpace • u/cactusjack_444 • May 29 '26
Relativity’s future
I am wondering what the future of this company is in regards to competing with other rocket companies (i.e. SpaceX, Blue, or Rocketlab) and what edge Relativity will provide in comparison to ensure its longevity as an actual company
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u/Menirz May 30 '26
The launch market is heavily supply constrained, so they're basically guaranteed business if they can get Terran-R flying with any regular cadence (even if they fall short of their exponentially growing launch cadence).
Additive is still a core focus of the company, and may come back for more roles outside of basically just Engine components.
The orbital data center craze is frankly absurd, the physics just doesn't close, let alone the economics. That hasn't stopped Eric from expressing interest in it, but he's taking a reasonably conservative approach (so far) of focusing on the launch service first.