Thursday, April 02, 2009

Space Access 2009 - David Summers - Universal Transport Systems

Universal Transport System is based in Chicago. They want to build a rocket which goes from Chicago to Beijing.

David walked through technical details on their rocket design. One key thing is they have a propellant ribbon connected to the rocket as it takes off:



He talked about the benefits of this approach, and their business plan. They are having a contest on the best implementation of their approach.


The full agenda


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