Thursday 12 July, 6:30pm
Steve Bennett, Starchaser
Britain’s foremost rocket engineer, Steve Bennett, built and launched the first privately built rocket in the world capable of carrying people into space. He was first inspired by space travel as a boy, watching NASA’s Apollo moon landings, and in 1992 founded Starchaser Industries Commercial Space Access. Starchaser’s near term objectives are the creation of a 3-person reusable space capsule which will be used for sub-orbital flights in excess of 100km and a vertically launched 8-seat sub-orbital space plane that could be upgradeable for orbital applications.