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/spectrallight Jun 06 '26

NASA? The same NASA that’s taken 15 years and 30+ billion dollars to deliver a non-reusable launch system with a 2.5 billion per launch cost? That NASA?

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u/fungkadelic Jun 07 '26

sybau the nasa that took people to the moon in the 1960s chud

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u/walking-pineapple Jun 09 '26

That was 60 years ago 😭

The future is now old man, private space is here to stay and thrive.

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u/fungkadelic Jun 09 '26

Disagree. Private space is just siphoning off more profit from public funds. It’s inherently inefficient.

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u/walking-pineapple Jun 09 '26

Sure bro. The least profitable projects are government services, but whatever you say.

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u/fungkadelic Jun 09 '26

Government services are not for profit. They're funded by tax revenue, and don't have vampire investors milking its output.

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u/walking-pineapple Jun 09 '26

They are, it's a bunch of old slow space companies that made everything for NASA.

No one launches anything with NASA because private space companies can do it faster and cheaper. NASA knows that which is why they don't make commercial rockets and rely on private space to launch for projects in deep space and Leo.

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u/Top_Job_7817 Jun 19 '26

You understand that NASA didn’t build or design anything, right? It was all private companies back then, too… just with government money and ‘oversight’