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Comment · 5 years ago
Current energy crisis forces people to cut forests and turn them into "green fuel" pellets and ethanol. This induces drought and desertification. I propose building thermonuclear reactor which is simpler in design than current tokamaks and inertial confinement reactors. Let's fund it with crypto and fiat. If it works, it will return 8 million kWh per invested bitcoin.
Comment · 12 years ago
This project is for engine only. We are separately raising 500k to build a rocket and develop our GNC software.
Comment · 12 years ago
This was done mostly to attract attention and publicity. Our team at Boost accelerator is fundraising 500k.
Comment · 12 years ago
Hi. Theoretically yes, and we started there, but as someone mentioned, it has really low efficiency and will work only for few seconds. It would be expensive, and people are likely to stick with solid rockets for heir simplicity.
Comment · 12 years ago
I am the creator of the project. We are not expecting to launch nanosats higher than 400 km. or 600km in case of Sun Synchronous Orbit. All these nanosat orbits will degrade in 1.5-3 years and reenter and burn up in atmosphere.
Comment · 12 years ago
I am the creator of this project. We are doing pump-feeding because we have to grow as designers and analysts. First stage engines are going to be 9 times more powerful and will definitely need pumps. It is way better to mitigate risks by designing small scale low-risk propulsion system early
Comment · 12 years ago
I am the creator of the project. It is unlikely that plans and designs will ever become open sourced. Considering experience of DefDist and their issues with State Dept because of open plans of "Liberator" gun, we are being careful not to expose designs to outside of United States.
Comment · 12 years ago
I am the creator of this Kickstarter project. Upper stage without lower stage is certainly not reaching space. We didn't want to give people false hope. And the project there is mostly for a promotion, since we're fundraising in Boost accelerator before demo day
Comment · 12 years ago
I am the creator of this Kickstarter project. Kickstarter mostly is used to promote the project. We're actually in fundraising mode in Boost accelerator before Demo Day 11th February. I agree with you that Kickstarter is not the best venue to raise money for highly technical project.

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