There is a lot of people in the race.
The first commercial mission to Mars will be launched by two startup space companies in California in a few years, years before the first trip by the more established SpaceX.
The Terran R rocket would be provided by Relativity Space and the Mars Cruise Vehicle would be provided by Impulse Space.
There is a full stack of the Starship Mars rocket on the pad.
According to the company's president and COO, a commercial mission on Mars could be achieved by the end of the decade. The date for the planned Mars trip has not been set.
It might be the first commercial space company to reach the Red Planet. It is important to note that neither company has put anything into space.
It doesn't mean they haven't been working on it. According to Ars Technica, Relativity Space has raised over $1 billion in funding. The firm has pioneered the use of metal 3D printers to manufacture its rockets.
Several U.S. Air Force and NASA installations are currently being operated or developed by Relativity Space. It's clear that Relativity Space intends to become a major player in the commercial launch services industry, but it hasn't put a rocket into space yet. It would be the first launch of the Terran R by the company.
40 people work for Impulse Space, which was founded in 2021. The firm intends to enable "low-cost and last-mile space payload delivery" so that customers can reach other worlds. The company specializes in creating orbital maneuvering vehicles specifically for last-mile payload delivery, such as the two vehicles it has proposed for the Mars mission.
Despite the fact that the planned 2024 mission will be their first, leaders at both companies have made it clear that they have confidence in the partnership.
According to the statement, this is a major milestone for both Impulse and Relativity. The 'glide stage' is one of the most challenging parts of landing on Mars. I am confident that this historic mission will be just one of many because of the power of our combined teams.
According to his LinkedIn profile, he served as VP of Propulsion Engineering from 2002 to 2004 and was a founding member of the company.
According to Tim Ellis, the partnership between the two firms makes it possible for humans to reach Mars. Ellis said that building a multiplanetary future on Mars is only possible if hundreds of companies work towards a single goal. This is a monumental challenge that will expand the possibilities for human experience across two planets.
Speaking to the New York Times, Muller said that landing a craft on Mars is an immense challenge and that while there are plenty of skeptics who think the mission is unlikely to succeed, that level of challenge is exactly what the company is.
"We need to do things that people don't think we can do," he said.
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