Steve Bennett (entrepreneur)

Steve Bennett is the leader of Starchaser,[1] a rocket building program once in competition for the Ansari X Prize.[2]

Bennett was born in England and was fascinated by rockets from an early age,[3] especially from seeing man’s first walk on the moon. From the age of ten he was building rockets in his back yard powered by sugar and other readily available ingredients.

Later in life he was funded by a British sugar manufacturer in his efforts to capture the X-prize.

References

  1. ↑ "Starchaser's Steve Bennett Talks to the Space Fellowship about the UK's Largest Ever Space Rocket "Nova 2"". Space Fellowship. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
  2. ↑ "X Prize Entry Starchaser Successfully Test Drops Piloted Capsule". Space.com. Archived from the original on 2006-11-15. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
  3. ↑ "X PRIZE Team Summary Sheet" (PDF). X Prize Foundation. Retrieved 2008-08-12.


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