{"id":19545,"date":"2022-07-19T22:16:01","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T22:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/two-companies-youve-never-heard-of-could-reach-mars-first\/"},"modified":"2022-07-19T22:16:01","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T22:16:01","slug":"two-companies-youve-never-heard-of-could-reach-mars-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/two-companies-youve-never-heard-of-could-reach-mars-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Companies You&#8217;ve Never Heard of Could Reach Mars First"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure class=\"sc-1eow4w5-1 eLNveM align--bleed js_lazy-image js_marquee-assetfigure\" data-id=\"a5258190bbbc00cef2447db362c508a2\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/a5258190bbbc00cef2447db362c508a2\" data-format=\"gif\" data-width=\"1280\" data-height=\"720\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"false\">\n<div class=\"sc-1eow4w5-2 kpwLVh has-data img-wrapper\" contenteditable=\"false\" style=\"max-width:1280px\" data-link-reference=\"\" data-link-target=\"\" data-syndicationrights=\"false\" data-imagerights=\"other-license\" data-hidecredit=\"false\"><span class=\"sc-1eow4w5-0 dnhHtZ js_lightbox-wrapper\"\/><\/p>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-1ptbguh-0 hxeMec caption\">Impulse and Relativity&#8217;s window for launch from Cape Canaveral begins in 2024 and will last through<!-- --> 2029.<\/figcaption><figcaption class=\"sc-7s1ndr-0 ikKPtM has-caption\">gif<!-- -->: <!-- -->Impulse &#038; Relativity\/Gizmodo<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-id=\"a5258190bbbc00cef2447db362c508a2\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/a5258190bbbc00cef2447db362c508a2\" data-format=\"gif\" data-width=\"1280\" data-height=\"720\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" class=\"js_recommend\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Private space companies Impulse Space and Relativity Space have announced an ambitious joint venture poised to be the first commercial mission to <span>Anthem<\/span>which will feature the launch of a payload as soon as 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">A revived interest in space has private companies shifting their attention to Mars, and a new collaboration announced Tuesday <!-- -->between Impulse Space and Relativity Space could be the first commercial landing on the red planet.  Impulse Space is a company founded by Tom Mueller, a SpaceX alum, that specializes in getting payloads into and around space.  Relativity Space, meanwhile, focuses on the production of spacecrafts using 3D metal printing, artificial intelligence, and autonomous robotics.  Impulse will contribute their Mars Cruise Vehicle and Mars Lander to Relativity&#8217;s Terran R, which is a completely 3D printed launch vehicle.  The launch will occur from Florida&#8217;s Cape Canaveral as early as 2024, and the companies have an exclusive agreement to launch there until 2029.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">\u201cThis is a major milestone for both Impulse and Relativity, as well as the entire space industry,\u201d said Tom Mueller in a <span>press release<\/span>.  Mueller additionally serves as Impulse&#8217;s CEO.  Relativity cofounder and CEO Tim Ellis added,<!-- --> \u201cThis is a monumental challenge, but one that successfully achieved will expand the possibilities for human experience in our lifetime across two planets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/embed\/inset\/iframe?id=youtube-video-uuL7iYUNg6o&amp;start=0\" data-chomp-id=\"uuL7iYUNg6o\" data-recommend-id=\"youtube:\/\/uuL7iYUNg6o\" id=\"youtube-uuL7iYUNg6o\" data-recommended=\"false\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"core-inset lazyload\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"webkitAllowFullScreen\" mozallowfullscreen=\"mozallowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><span data-chomp-id=\"uuL7iYUNg6o\" data-recommend-id=\"youtube:\/\/uuL7iYUNg6o\" id=\"youtube-uuL7iYUNg6o\" data-recommended=\"false\" class=\"js_recommend\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"sc-1ptbguh-0 hxeMec caption\">Relativity and Impulse Space Announce the First Commercial Mission to Mars<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">The companies say that the Mars lander will support the research and development of future planetary settlements, but additional details on how the lander will do that specifically are thin.  Impulse and Relativity did not immediately return Gizmodo&#8217;s request for comment.  Terran R is a descendant of Relativity&#8217;s Terran 1\u2014a 3D printed rocket that is scheduled to launch later this year\u2014and the company says that Terran R could serve \u201cas a point-to-point space freighter capable of missions between Earth, the Moon and Mars.\u201d  In other words, Relativity as a company hasn&#8217;t even launched a rocket yet, and Impulse Space has not yet tested one of their payloads in orbit, according to Eric Berger from <span>Ars Technica<\/span>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Mars is becoming the newest target for private space companies looking to be the first ones to land, but Relativity and Impulse are <!-- -->not the only ones with huge (and potentially unattainable) expectations.  Elon Musk of SpaceX doubled down on his plans for the red planet in an April 2022 interview by reiterating his lofty goal of getting <span>1 million settlers<\/span> on Mars by the year 2050.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Impulse and Relativity&#8217;s window for launch from Cape Canaveral begins in 2024 and will last through 2029.gif: Impulse &#038; Relativity\/Gizmodo Private space companies Impulse Space and Relativity Space have announced an ambitious joint venture poised to be the first commercial mission to Anthemwhich will feature the launch of a payload as soon as 2024. 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