--- title: Relativity Space Stargate: The 100 Best Inventions of 2021 description: Find out why Relativity Space Stargate is one of the best inventions of 2021 canonical: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6114392/stargate/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2021-11-10T11:11:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-02T23:55:42.701Z og:title: Relativity Space Stargate: The 100 Best Inventions of 2021 og:description: Find out why Relativity Space Stargate made this year's list og:url: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6114392/stargate/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d5ab3a9fc8638c3/698a1e8ed075338f11e6c225/best-inventions-2021-Stargate-04.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Relativity Space Stargate: The 100 Best Inventions of 2021 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Relativity Space Stargate: The 100 Best Inventions of 2021 twitter:description: Find out why Relativity Space Stargate made this year's list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d5ab3a9fc8638c3/698a1e8ed075338f11e6c225/best-inventions-2021-Stargate-04.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 10, 2021 # Printer to Pad Relativity Space Stargate by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff  [Relativity Space](https://www.relativityspace.com/stargate) is changing how rockets are built—by using a giant 3-D printer, called Stargate, to create them. The system produces fully reusable rockets in just 60 days—compared with two years or longer for traditional aerospace companies—thanks to a streamlined manufacturing process leveraging autonomous robots and artificial intelligence. Early next year, the company will stage the first test launch of its Terran 1 rocket, which is designed to be used on resupply missions and to launch satellites. _—Billy Perrigo_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6114392/stargate/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6114392/stargate/"},"headline":"Printer to Pad","datePublished":"2021-11-10T11:11:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:55:42.701Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6114392/stargate/","keywords":["list","franchise","best inventions","Best Inventions 2021"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d5ab3a9fc8638c3/698a1e8ed075338f11e6c225/best-inventions-2021-Stargate-04.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d5ab3a9fc8638c3/698a1e8ed075338f11e6c225/best-inventions-2021-Stargate-04.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6114392/stargate/","name":"Printer to Pad"}}]}] ```