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Re:Relativity Space launches first 3D-printed rocket in hist... by jessfraz on Thursday March 23, 2023 @03:14PM (#35279880)
Jordan was 22 when they started!!
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Re:Relativity Space launches first 3D-printed rocket in hist... by AnimalMuppet on Thursday March 23, 2023 @03:53PM (#35280396)
How does a 22 year old get the funding to start something like this?
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Re:Relativity Space launches first 3D-printed rocket in hist... by tlb on Thursday March 23, 2023 @04:23PM (#35280807)
They applied to YC in late 2015. I thought "Wild idea, but the founders know what they're talking about, have built stuff in the past, and understand the challenges." Other partners agreed and we gave them $120k. They built a prototype huge 3D printer on the cheap, showed it to more investors who were impressed enough to write checks, and it grew from there.

I hop Tim or Jordan will write more someday.

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Re:Relativity Space launches first 3D-printed rocket in hist... by JumpCrisscross on Thursday March 23, 2023 @04:00PM (#35280497)
> How does a 22 year old get the funding to start something like this?

By having SpaceX and Blue Origin on your resume. Noone was also in front of the FAA as a student, which turns heads.

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Re:Relativity Space launches first 3D-printed rocket in hist... by nerdsonpatrol on Thursday March 23, 2023 @08:58PM (#35283694)
Very cool. I just read that he was the youngest person in the world to receive FAA clearance to fly a rocket to space.

He was just 20yrs old... (⌐■_■)

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Re:Relativity Space launches first 3D-printed rocket in hist... by robopsychology on Thursday March 23, 2023 @06:56PM (#35282634)
Damn he’s my age and I’m still a startup engineer while he’s leading rocket engineering lol - what a person!
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