Steve Bennett (entrepreneur)

Steve Bennett is the leader of Starchaser Industries,[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.[4] 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. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2008.
  2. "X Prize Entry Starchaser Successfully Test Drops Piloted Capsule". Space.com. Archived from the original on 15 November 2006. Retrieved 12 August 2008.
  3. "X PRIZE Team Summary Sheet" (PDF). X Prize Foundation. Retrieved 12 August 2008.
  4. "'I was building rockets all over the house: living room, dining room …'". The Guardian. 4 April 2019. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2022.


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