Someone recently asked me what advantages the Fenris engine will bring to the space economy. Here’s how it pencils out.
· On current spacecraft 96% of the load is taken up by the stuff that gets you to space and only 4% winds up being stuff you can do in space (aka payload).
· The current rate of astronaut loss is 3.2 people per 100 launches; 19 astronauts and cosmonauts have died trying to go just 100 miles vertical.
· Compare that with .002 deaths per 10 billion passenger miles flown by commercial aircraft.
Fenris will transform the space economy…
An Ecological Solution to International Air Travel
By Aaron Davis, CEO and Founder, Mountain Aerospace Research Solutions
Bloomberg opinion writer Chris Bryant’s recent article “ Are Passenger Jet Engines Hitting Their Technical Limits? “ explains how the limits of material science and technology are creating roadblocks to fulfilling the demand for increased jet engine safety, efficiency and power. Few entrepreneurs can enter the market because of the enormous costs associated with developing new airplane concepts, fuels or propulsion that are both green and powerful. As a result, the world appears to be stuck with its giant, lumbering, carbon-spewing passenger jets.
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By Aaron Davis, CEO and Founder, Mountain Aerospace Research Solutions
As the inventor of the Fenris engine, an air-breathing rocket motor that will change the future of space travel, I have a unique opportunity to predict its impact for our species. Few things in life compare to understanding the potential for a groundbreaking technology years before its impact is known.
A private citizen designing and building a liquid-fueled air-breathing rocket in his garage may seem absurd. It is. But I did it anyway. Despite the immense difficulty, I believed persisting in perfecting air-breathing technology was worthwhile. So, given the option…
The Need for Change
The current method of getting into outer space is effective and tested — yet still very expensive. Even with the entrance of private enterprise into the space race, it remains far beyond the financial ability of the average person to leave Earth, even for a short while.
What can be done to drive down the price?
Rocket technology is simply at its limit, in many ways. That’s why SpaceX and many others have been pursuing reusability, to lower the cost of leaving Earth.
According to space policy analyst Wendy Whitman Cobb, the cost to launch a payload into space averaged…
Mountain Aerospace Research Solutions
At Mountain Aerospace Research Solutions, we believe outer space is the new frontier for all humans. We are inventing technology to make that possible.
