Sugar Shot to Space is a volunteer project with the stated goal of launching a rocket into space (100 km) powered by rocket candy, a sugar-based fuel.[1] As of 2015, the project has launched a rocket that reached 33 km, about one third of the goal.[1]

A successful flight would not be the first time an amateur group has launched a rocket into space (which occurred in 2004), but would be the first rocket to reach space using a sugar-based fuel.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 D. Abhijeet Singh (September–October 2015). "Sugar Based Rocket Propulsion System- Making, Analysis & Limitations". International Journal of Engineering Trends and Applications (IJETA). 2 (5).
  2. ↑ Marc S. Reisch (2 October 2006). "Sugar Shot to Space, Enterprise never flew in space, Man's best friend, Beer shortage feared". Chemical & Engineering News. Vol. 84, no. 40.
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