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Cofounder/CEO of @RelativitySpace . Building humanity’s multiplanetary future.

Los Angeles, CA

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1 year

A ton of historic firsts last week. Our @relativityspace team proved more in this first launch than most companies (and even countries) ever have in their maiden attempt: ✅ first methane fueled rocket in the West to reach space, well over the 100km Karman Line (only other is

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1 year

🥹 wow, what a day. 🌌

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1 year

🚀🤯🥹😭🤘🌌 stunning and visceral first launch, what a first to witness

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2 years

Just lit all 9 engines for first time coming up to full power… that was freaking cool 😎 goosebumps. More to go, but our team is awesome.

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2 years

It’s happening…

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2 years

FULL DURATION 20 second stage test complete! Reviewing data and if all looks good, on to full flight duration test before LAUNCH. We are the first company to ever do this on launch mount at Cape Canaveral, and on track to be the first oxygen/methane rocket launched to orbit 👾🇺🇸

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1 year

Soon! 🥶🥵🔥

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2 years

“Ready to roll out!” Been waiting 7 years to say that.

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2 years

welcome to the future 🦾

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2 years

This may look like all our other engine tests but it’s not… first Aeon R full-scale hot fire test! 🔥 goal by the team, this was 35% power level of the 268,000 lb max thrust. These brand new 3D printed engines will power Terran R. Massive push to get this done so quickly 🤯🤯🤯

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2 years

Startup x9 👾👾👾👾👾👾👾👾👾

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2 years

7 years ago, I remember at @ycombinator our mentor @sama told us we were absolutely crazy for trying to simultaneously invent a brand new manufacturing technology and an orbital rocket, which is already super hard. Now we are on the launch pad almost ready to go with the world’s

@relativityspace

Relativity Space

@relativityspace

2 years

You’ve asked, “Wen Launch?” and to that, we say...👇 Catch us live at Launch Complex 16 in Cape Canaveral, FL on March 8, 2023 to watch the world’s first 3D printed rocket fly. 🚀 #GLHF

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2 years

Aeon 1 upgrade testing for Terran 1 flight 2: +16 seconds vacuum Isp, +1,200 pounds of thrust improvement, x9

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2 years

It’s happening…rapid progress always so inspiring. This time, our entirely 3D printed Aeon R engine chamber at 62.5% power, 161,000 pounds of thrust equivalent, about double where the last test was. Looking prettyyyy legit!

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2 years

From 2 guys in a WeWork dreaming of an end-2020 first launch, to today: 800 people across multiple sites, we developed an entirely new large scale manufacturing tech + advanced oxygen/methane rockets, with $hundreds of millions in customer contracts launching in a few more weeks.

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2 years

258,000 pounds of thrust, in the metal. Aeon R 🤘🌌👽🚀

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2 years

gm lookin good today 💫

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2 years

Partners on a dream 👩‍❤️‍👨

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1 year

Today, I’m incredibly proud of our team and all the people that believed in me against all odds to get here. I get asked all the time how I’m feeling - proud, and surreal! It’s an intense feeling stepping up to the global stage on the eve of our first launch. But we are ready!!!

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2 years

Completed 57 second stage test today as we work toward full duration test - our longest yet! Stunning 🤩, super proud of work team is doing, a big step forward!

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2 years

57 second stage test @relativityspace , hardware and data looking really good to proceed to next stage test targeting full duration tomorrow! 🔥🔥🔥(gotta make that blue fire emoji @Apple )

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1 year

Last sunset 🌅 before launch 🚀

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2 years

Beautiful day ☀️ 🌞 time to Send. It.

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2 years

Rockets are so sexy 😋. Looking for awesome people @relativityspace to build the multiplanetary future of humanity!

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2 years

Happy Holidaysss

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2 years

Getting ready for final ground tests, launch feeling real. At the doorstep. Photos from our technician team hard at work up high on the rocket. We are vertical again!! @relativityspace

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2 years

🥹🥹🥹 it’s a good day to LAUNCH 🚀🍀🍀🍀

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2 years

And yes, this was printed *horizontally* on our prototype Stargate V4 printer, announced today!

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2 years

welcome to the future 🦾

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🧵: Hard to believe the day is nearly here to launch Terran 1, our first rocket! 7 years ago, I cofounded @relativityspace , which feels like a lifetime ago, but is an incredibly short time frame in the scheme of things in aerospace. Especially starting as two people in a WeWork,

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2 years

Carrier has arrived! Terran 1, welcome to Cape Canaveral 🚀✌️. Can’t wait to take you for a spin 🥹

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2 years

Rocket vertical on the pad!!!

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2 years

Vehicle to Transporter Erector integration complete for Terran 1; next up, final checks and pad rollout. This is ahead of vehicle static fire. @relativityspace

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2 years

irl this is massive not gonna lie

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2 years

Sliding into home plate on end of year milestones… this time, a long duration hotfire of our upgraded Aeon 1 engine 🥶

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2 years

Morning after first launch attempt yesterday, getting ready to go for Saturday

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2 years

First Aeon R engine build on track for completion soon, awesome preparation by team and smooth process. This will also be powerpack test article. First full engine hot fire tests will be on second build article, this thing is a beast! And Block 2 engine already in development😳🙌🏻

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2 years

Shots from team before rollout to pad yesterday - doing incredible work, record speed and everyone focused and operating on-point! 🙏

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2 years

Factory is LIT this morning as we ship Terran 1 Flight 1 to Cape Canaveral… holy ⭐️⭐️ getting real! Stage one testing up next at our launch site, working toward full mission duty cycle hold down test.

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Tim Ellis

2 years

Achieved 100% power on Aeon R thrust chamber assembly testing today, 💯 258,000 pounds of thrust.

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1 year

First live launch I’ve ever seen raw with my own two eyes 👀 I told myself when I founded @relativityspace that my first launch viewing would be our own rocket, as motivation to make it there, and here we are. What a sight to behold, feel, and hear - indescribably awe inspiring.

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Tim Ellis

2 years

BIG NEWS and so excited to announce we have reached $1.2b+ of Terran R launch contracts across 5 customers - with @OneWeb and their amazing team being our anchor customer supporting their Gen 2 satellite constellation. Huge vote of confidence and we can’t wait to deliver 🚀🇺🇸

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1 year

Here. We. Go! T-45 and counting

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2 years

Big announcement tomorrow 👀

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2 years

Just @POTUS and a 3d printed @relativityspace rocket engine chamber #notflighthardware #dontworry

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Tim Ellis

9 months

CRAZY achievement at work today… damn! Can’t wait to share ;)

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9 months

This is a HUGE milestone - full engine, 11x larger thrust than Aeon 1, designed for our reusable heavy lift rocket, and a big leap forward in 3D printing tech. Oh, and methane - 💙blue fire💜

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Fired up our first Aeon R engine hot fires this week. Sound on. 🎯 10 seconds of fire. ✔️ Validated component harmony during start up, at target power (70%), and shutdown. 🏅️ Strong start to test campaign. Initial hardware inspections look healthy. 🔜 Longer duration. More

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2 years

DREAM 🤩🤤🔥🇺🇸

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4 months

100% power Aeon R full engine test, right out of the gate on our Block 2 engine iteration 😎 this one is 268,000 pound thrust vs 258,000 before, +many design upgrades. Block 3 is being built in the factory now. Extreme iteration speed for our reusable Terran R rocket 🦾🇺🇸

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2 years

Beautyyyyy

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3 months

Full flight duration, full power.

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3 months

On the test stand Aeon R fires at 100% power for 180 seconds 🔥 📍 @NASAStennis , R Complex 🚀 180 seconds of hot fire = the max duration for a Terran R first stage flight plus margin. 🔁 Test, learn, iterate, repeat.

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2 years

We will work toward our next launch window in the coming days. Due to methane/Liquid Natural Gas propellant conditioning, it will take a few days until our next attempt. We will update once we have an official next date. Onward, and proud of the team today for a professional and

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Relativity Space

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2 years

Today’s launch attempt for #GLHF Terran 1 was scrubbed due to exceeding launch commit criteria limits for propellant thermal conditions on stage 2. The team is working diligently toward our next launch window in the coming days. Check back here soon for updates on the launch

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2 years

L-1 week until first scheduled launch attempt from Cape Canaveral!!! @relativityspace let’s gooooo

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2 years

We have a wide-open shot at being the first methane fueled rocket to fly to orbit now with Zhuque-2 mission outcome. Getting past max Q will prove our 3D printing tech handles max flight stress (already proven in ground acceptance testing) which is key for scaling to Terran R 🇺🇸

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Tim Ellis

1 year

Fastest large scale propulsion development program on record. We’ve also completed over 500 tests of all major components ahead of this upcoming milestone already

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Relativity Space

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1 year

Package secured. #AeonR powerpack made it to @NASAStennis and found home on the R stand. Blue fire 🔜.

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2 years

Getting ready for roll out to pad next few days 🌟

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2 years

“my favorite shade of blue” - @relativityspace test team. Continue ramping duration and power on Aeon R subscale, incredible pace.

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1 year

Like being there… 🤘🏻😎🤘🏻

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2 years

Time for launch!!! 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀👽👽👽👽👽 March 8th we have our first official launch window from Cape Canaveral. Tune in to our livestream to check it out 👀 hosted by two engineers from our team.

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2 years

Launch license secured ✅ 1300-1600 ET launch window confirmed ✅

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9 months

To show the size difference… Aeon R is a biggie 😳

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Relativity Space

@relativityspace

9 months

Aeon R vs Aeon 1 context: The flight config of Aeon R will have 11x the thrust, a 3x larger exit diameter and be 1.7x taller than our Aeon 1 engine.

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2 years

Almostttt there. Awesome technician team at Relativity!

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90% power test, @relativityspace chamber pressure record for Aeon R subscale

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New Aeon R hardware milestone: first successful test of a subscale (approx 50k lb thrust) injector + calorimeter. Much higher power density and efficiency architecture. At full 🔥 this article will be about 2x the thrust of Aeon 1 (at subscale; full is 250k lbf). Major step!

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This is a bigger breakthrough than it appears. Significantly higher quality and robustness plus faster speed and better material properties…. All at the same time. Invented by our team at Relativity.

@relativityspace

Relativity Space

@relativityspace

11 months

💫 Unlock the capabilities of Dual Plasma with our additive manufacturing team. 🧵

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2 years

@Erdayastronaut Two pumps, one methane one LOx. Single gas generator, the split ducting you see feeds each turbine (there is turbine stack each pump). It’s fuel rich cycle in main chamber, pretty much all engines are, ox-rich is only for preburners in full flow or ORSC engines. Aeon R has

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2 years

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2 years

Completed our first spin-start test operation today - meaningful step toward flight by our team!

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2 years

Prop cold-flow test day 💨

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2 years

And that’s a wrap! Flight stage 2 data reviews passed yesterday and we are shipping the stage to Cape Canaveral for launch. Thanks to our amazing team 🙌🏻

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2 years

#teamwork

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250,000+ pounds thrust 3D printed Aeon R chamber - newest iteration. Development pace increasing and lots more hardware showing up at @relativityspace . Gonna be a beast of an engine.

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2 years

Acceptance testing of all Terran 1 Flight One engines complete… most of them integrated to stage one, and we are nearly complete with upper stage acceptance testing for our first orbital vehicle. Hell of a week at @relativityspace amazing team effort they are on 🔥 🔥 🔥

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11 months

We have been busy! Testing a TON across all major components for our Aeon R rocket engine, check out the progress below ⬇️ 🔥

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Relativity Space

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11 months

🧵800+ tests. <24 months. 2 states. Multiple test cells. Break down our 4 testing buckets with us.👇

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2 years

#rocketselfie

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11 months

Thrilled to partner with Intelsat and launch their satellites on Terran R! 🚀🛰️ Intelsat is a legendary space company, proud to be selected by them and their team.

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Relativity Space

@relativityspace

11 months

✍️ We’ve inked a multi-year, multi-launch agreement for #TerranR with @INTELSAT , operator of the largest integrated space and terrestrial network in the world! 🛰️ Get the full scoop:

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2 years

Rolling back to hangar to keep vehicle safe during impending hurricane in Florida. Early data and hardware looking solid from last week’s extensive stage one testing, super happy with the results 😄

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2 years

Flight 2 print + paint 🤤

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“high speed vapor”

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Ramping up printed Aeon R hardware and it’s HUGE vs Aeon 1. Fourth Aeon R full scale thrust chamber printed below, building to 52 full engines per year production rate by mid next year 🤯

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2 years

Just signed a landmark launch mission and development deal I will be so so stoked about announcing at a later date 🤩

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Set record for engine tests in a single day… 9 full tests complete yesterday. Stage integration making amazing progress too. Launch feeling closer and closer 😎

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2 years

pretty sure this is where we say “ahhhh, that’s the stuff”

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9 months

👀 curious to learn more how 🚀 launch contracts and interactions with customers work? ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Proud for @relativityspace to be a customer-centric rocket company. We humbly have a lot to prove still, but along the way we are making something people WANT.

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Relativity Space CEO: Building a backlog isn’t 'worthless,' it’s the path to product-market fit |...

Relativity Space CEO Tim Ellis hits back against the suggestion that launch contracts for unproven rockets are "worthless."

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2 years

Solid night time at the pad vibes

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2 years

Back to the Cape! Closer every day, final prep for upcoming static fire then launch closely after.

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2 years

A more personal telling of our origins before first launch. Fwiw, I care less about competition, more about cooperation and inspiring dozens to hundreds of other companies to make Mars + 🌎 multiplanetary society happen in our immediate lifetime.

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How Tim Ellis went from wannabe screenwriter to Elon Musk's biggest space competitor - Fast Company

On the eve of Relativity's first rocket launch, 32-year-old CEO Tim Ellis presents a humanistic alternative to the more dystopian visions for going to Mars.

www.fastcompany.com

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Reminder for scale, Aeon R is huuuge vs Aeon 1. Over 10x thrust. This is just the chamber, nozzle + pumps are disproportionally larger due to the pressures and power density involved.

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2 years

~~Beautiful day at the Cape~~

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To Mars! Excited to announce this today with Tom Mueller @lrocket and Impulse team. I don’t care to make it a competition - we likely need to inspire dozens to hundreds of companies to put a million people on Mars 🔴 in our lifetime.

Two Companies Aim to Beat SpaceX to Mars With ‘Audacious’ Landing (Published 2022)

Relativity Space, which could launch its first rocket soon, and Impulse Space, founded by a SpaceX veteran, optimistically say that together they can reach the red planet a few years from now.

www.nytimes.com

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1 year

While Terran 1 could fit a single satellite of this size, Terran R can fit 16 🥹💎🛰️

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13 days

Flight hardware for Terran R is in full swing! More updates over coming weeks, and continued big news 👀 @relativityspace

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11 months

I think @ycombinator is exceptionally good for founders of companies tackling hard engineering problems (aka deep tech) and we wouldn’t be here without their early support and learning. Credit to @sama as well for championing a lot of early hard tech bets at YC.

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2 years

gm from arizona #glhf

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1 year

🎶 *blue* is the color of your energy 🎶 New Aeon R hot fire article, bigger regen nozzle! Have built 9 chambers already and tested several, the pace of iteration and learning is incredibly rapid and the entirely 3D printed design is performing wonderfully.

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Fun fact: our first 3D printed rocket Terran 1 used to be called Antoni 1, inspired by Gaudi’s nature + science derived architecture. Hopeful for a future where buildings on Earth and Mars are this jaw dropping. Tree branching structures, butterfly wings, bones, math everywhere.

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@TalkOTitusville @relativityspace This grass fire was outside the rocket, from methane flare stack. The team and rocket are all safe, and minimal to no pad damage either. Mostly grass.

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🤘got solid autogenous press data which was primary objective. Looking incredible and feeling close to flight 🚀🚀🚀

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Relativity Space

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2 years

Trying to give the people what they want!🔥🔥🔥Got ya an encore performance this Friday afternoon. Worked up to 82 seconds on today's stage test. Massively proud of our team and their hustle in the face of incoming weather 🌧️🍥🚀 #GLHF

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nobody likes warm LOx…

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Beautiful. By far the largest metal 3D printed product ever made, and the world’s first printed rocket.

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9 months

📣 Aeon R Mission Duty Cycle complete!!! Last night @NASAStennis #AeonR burned in a flight-like configuration for 143 seconds at 70% power – marking a record-breaking pace for engine development and a very speedy 48-hour turnaround from Aeon R's first ever hot fires to

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