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现在Stoke Space Technologies表示，该公司正在制造一个可重复使用的第二级，它将把这个有效载荷带到轨道上甚至更远的地方，并且已经筹集了910万美元的种子轮资金来实现这个目标

https://www.cnbeta.com/articles/science/1095061.htm


Stoke认为，这不仅可以创造一个可重复使用的第二级，而且对建立低成本的太空经济至关重要，这将使该行业几十年的增长。该团队此前曾在蓝色起源公司负责New Glenn和New Shepard火箭和发动机，在SpaceX公司负责 "猎鹰9号 "的Merlin 1C等。

“我们的设计理念是，设计的硬件不仅可以重复使用，而且在操作上可以重复使用。这意味着周转时间快，翻新工作量小。这种类型的可重复使用性必须从一开始就被设计进去。”Stoke的联合创始人兼首席执行官Andy Lapsa说。

除了该火箭将采用弹道再入和动力着陆外，Stoke并没有对其完成从400公里高空安全降落几吨重的精密设备、时速约28000公里的成绩的工程或方法发表评论。尽管Lapsa确实向GeekWire提到，“良好的、高性能的稳定喷油器 ”是他们的发动机的核心，因此也是其周围系统的核心）。

https://techcrunch.com/2021/02/25/stoke-space-wants-to-take-reusable-rockets-to-new-heights-with-9m-seed/

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/rocket-engine-startup-inks-lease-at-port-of-moses-lake/

The three members of the Port of Moses Lake Commission this week unanimously approved the deal with Stoke Space Technologies for the land, located in the port’s Westside Employment Center.

Stoke Space Technologies was founded in late 2019 by Andrew Lapsa and Thomas Feldman, both veteran engine designers with Amazon founder and billionaire industrialist Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin project to create a reusable rocket. In 2020, Stoke received a $225,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) award to begin design on reusable upper rocket stages.

https://www.geekwire.com/2020/relativity-reach-stoke-starfish-blue-origin-veterans-spark-space-startups/

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 Andrew Lapsa won the AIAA Liquid Propulsion Young Professional Award in 2017. Now he’s the CEO of his own startup, called Stoke Space. (Blue Origin Photo via Twitter)