We are a group of 3rd year Astronautical Engineering students at university with a passion for rocketry and dream of making it sustainable for all. We have done the maths, we have the designs but we need help raising the final funds for materials.

Over nearly 2 years of study, we have researched the current standings of hybrid propulsion as well as its future endeavours. Hybrid rocket thrusters are a great option for taking the best advantages from both liquid and solid rocket engines.

Most solid fuel grains produce clouds of harmful exhausts. We want to find an alternative fuel that will not produce any of these dangerous by-products. Wax based fuel grain have had success in the past including the commonly used paraffin wax. using these successes as a performance target to aim for, we are attempting to use Beeswax as a safe and sustainable alternative without sacrificing the systems capabilities. Beeswax has very similar properties to paraffin wax making it a perfect contender for a hybrid thruster fuel grain, and it is all natural.

Beeswax is used in: candles, furniture polish, lotions and soaps, crayons, food wrappings and now powering our missions to the stars.

If you like our ideas and think that bees could be an answer to sustainable space travel, then please consider supporting us and donating to our project. Every penny counts!