Stoke Space reusable rocket design acquires funding from Bill Gates’ venture fund
Small rocket startup Stoke Space recently received funding from Breakthrough Energy, an investment firm founded by Bill Gates.
Stoke Space was founded by Andy Lapsa and Tom Feldman in 2019 to develop a clean-fueled, fully-reusable two-stage rocket. Lapsa was formerly responsible for the development and operation of Blue Origin’s BE-3 and BE-4 engines.
The engines that are being developed for Stoke Space’s rocket utilize liquid oxygen and liquid natural gas, which burns cleaner than kerosene — one of the more common rocket propellant fuels, today.
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