This Jan. 31, 2021 image provided by bluShift Aerospace shows The Knack Factory in Limestone, Maine, where an unmanned rocket lifts off in a test run. It was the first commercial rocket launch in Maine history.
BRUNSWICK, Maine — A Maine company that’s developing a rocket to propel small satellites into space passed its first major test on Sunday. It carried a science project by Falmouth High School students that will measure flight metrics such as barometric pressure, a special alloy that’s being tested by a New Hampshire company — and a Dutch dessert called stroopwafel, in an homage to its Amsterdam-based parent company. Organizers of the launch said the items were included to demonstrate the inclusion of a small payload.
“There’s a lot of companies out there that are like freight trains to space,” Deri said. “We are going to be the Uber to space, where we carry one, two or three payloads profitably.”It relies on a solid fuel and a liquid oxidizer passing either through or around the solid fuel; the result is a simpler, more affordable system than a liquid fuel-only rocket, said spokesperson Seth Lockman. The fuel is a proprietary biofuel blend sourced from farms, Deri said.
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Waste of money
No mundo temos 43 empresas privadas capazes de lançar satélites em órbita e o governo brasileiro não lançou o primeiro do programa pago pelos brasileiros desde 1961.
It is bullshit to take stroopwaffels into space! Luring aliens to us this way is irresponsible! We hardly have enough waffels ourself! Certainly not enough to share with the galaxy! Think idiots!
So it's not a Maine company at all lol
It's not a dessert. Stroopwafel is more like a cookie. Flat wafer, sliced in two with a filling of thick caramel sirup.
Could this portend a new Model T or VW Bug of Space Travel?
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Is the FAA or NASA or Spaceforce or SOMEONE regulating these wonderful ambitions to make sure they are safe and clearance of all other things in the skies? What comes up must come down and there’s lots down here?! 😬
Who is the parent company?
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It's not a dessert :-)
Neat. Also, seriously News why not have the company's name in your headline instead of just 'Maine company'?! Would you describe any larger company this way? I doubt that very much
Looks like Goddard's back yard.
You can move from Maine if you don’t like it. You don’t have to leave earth, Oregon is nice too. FYI
NASA is back baby. Space force!!
Though easy satellite might sound good.... There are some serious consequences to consider....