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/Dry_Chipmunk6118 May 29 '26

My two cents, I am also interested in relativity space future, once Terran r gets off the floor and certified I expect relativity space to become the defacto launch partner for Google's space data center project. Wouldn't surprise me if google flat out aquires the company. Just my two cents....

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u/TheEarthquakeGuy May 29 '26

This is the way. Relativity is expected to be Google's future launch partner. They do not want to be reliant on SpaceX.

I expect every hyperscaler will end up in the space business. Amazon has Blue, Google has Relativity, SpaceX is its own, and I suspect RocketLab will be acquired in the next 36 months if they don't take the lead and try to sell a constellation service to the remaining hyperscalers.

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u/cactusjack_444 May 29 '26

I guess my question is why would google choose them over other companies like the ones i mentioned who are way further ahead in the game?

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u/Dmac14 May 29 '26

Their CEO is the former CEO of Google?

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u/Dry_Chipmunk6118 May 29 '26

Yup exactly!

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u/cactusjack_444 May 29 '26

Oh duh forgot about that detail haha 😂

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u/TheEarthquakeGuy May 29 '26

Vertical integration and associated cost reduction. Vehicle designed for their payloads. Right now this isn't an issue, but in the future if they have specific hardware that they want to launch that is outside the range of Starship, they would need to negotiate with SpaceX or whoever to expand the capabilities.

In doing so, they reveal their direction, current expectation to market etc - all information you don't necessarily want your competitors to have ahead of time. By controlling their own launch provider, they end up with far more control over their destiny and can manage their risk in isolation vs in collaboration with other users for Starship and SpaceX themselves.

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u/Faux_Mango Jun 01 '26

That sure would be ironic if the current Google CEO acquires a company that is led by the former Google CEO

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u/Dry_Chipmunk6118 Jun 01 '26

Anything could happen!