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Leader Name:
Robert Steinke, President
With Support from:
Frontier Astronautics
Team Website:
http://www.speedupworld.com/ |
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Vehicle Name:
Laramie Rose
Approximate empty and gross weights
of vehicle:
515 lbs. empty, 1500 lbs. gross
Height and diameter
of vehicle:
Height – 9’. Body diameter 3’.
Feet diameter – 10’
Propellant choices:
90% H202 |
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Speed and Altitude are the watchwords of SpeedUp. Our rockets will be astounding thrill rides for those adventurous enough to take them. From our conviction that simplicity breeds reliability and thus safety, our rockets are of the pressure-fed monopropellant design. Our NG-LLC entry, ‘Laramie Rose,’ is named for one of the many beautiful things from our headquarters state of Wyoming. Our team leader’s wife, Mollie Roselle Steinke, provides both the inspiration for the name and invaluable support for the team. We dedicate our entry to all of the spouses and families without whom we dreamers would be unable to follow our dreams. |
Crew
Chief Bio:
Robert Steinke received his B.S. in 1995
and M.S. in 1997 in Computer Science from U.C. Santa Barbara,
and his Ph.D. in 2001 in Computer Science from the University
of Colorado at Boulder. He worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
in Pasadena, California from 2001 to 2006. While there, his
work included writing real-time flight software for the Rock
Abrasion Tool instrument on the Mars Exploration Rover mission.
His technical interests center around breakthroughs that will
have a drastic positive effect on the long term well being of
humanity such as space settlement and fusion power. He currently lives with his wife Mollie in Laramie, Wyoming with their
daughters Adelaide and Nora, and son Paul.
Interesting
Team Fact:
Frontier Astronautics, a major subcontractor of Team Speed Up, is turning a decommissioned
Atlas E missile silo into a spaceport on the Wyoming prairie.
Speedup’s engine is the first engine ever fired over the
flame trench originally intended to launch nuclear weapons.
It’s a nice example of beating swords into plowshares.
Team Speedup on the NG-LLC:
"The Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge provides a step along the path to space. One of the current difficulties of advancing the private spaceflight industry as a whole is the large distance between visible milestones. Having challenges to test companies in a public forum on a regular basis will keep the public aware of the real progress that is being made behinds the scenes." - Robert Steinke
What is our next big milestone?
Engine static fire with thrust vector control
Team Speedup would like to thank :
Kistler Instrument Corporation, In-Position Technologies, AFCO Racing Shocks, and Geekfoolery.com
What will we do if we win the prize?
The long term SpeedUp Business plan is to sell low altitude rocket rides at prices competitive with Zero-G airplane rides-and eventually to lower prices to be competitive with sky-diving and bungee jumping.
Why do we have an advantage over the competition?
The simplicity of a monopropellant engine allows very rapid development. This will give us a chance to catch up to the front runners. And if we do get into the tiebreaker round loading a single room temperature propellant will be faster than loading a cryogenic bi-propellant vehicle. |
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