Launch vehicles burn ~20% of their fuel just getting off the ground, and their engines damage the landing pad on return.
Truly reusable single-stage spaceflight is now feasible with our gravitational catapult and active capture trap.
Our gravitational catapult uses massive water counterweights to accelerate the vehicle up to 500 km/h. Engines ignite in the air. No launch pad. No acoustic shock. No wasted fuel.
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Every other rocket has to slow itself down to almost zero before touching the ground. That takes 23 tons of fuel per flight, and it destroys the engines in the process. We do it differently. The rocket comes back fast. High-speed cables and tracking carts move at 20 m/s to meet it mid-air, absorbing the impact through hydraulic systems. Engines switch off before contact. No throttling. No damage. 23 tons of fuel goes to payload instead.
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The market charges $3,770 to put one kilogram into orbit. That price exists because rockets are expensive to build, expensive to operate, and most of them are thrown away after one use. We built a system where the hard work happens on the ground, the rocket flies every day, and nothing gets thrown away.
The current market rate is $3,770. We are 75 times cheaper.