Our Mission
Impulse Aero is an aspiration of mine, which I hope to fund and found once
I get out of college and find somewhere to live/eat.
Impulse Aerospace will be committed to developing and employing
technologies to help make space travel sustainable and accessible. It is
an undeniable truth that science, maths, engineering, and aerospace (the
coolest kind of engineering) are made better by those things which seem to
make everything better: diversity, equity, inclusion, innovation, and very
few RUDs. With a special focus on propulsion strategies all the way from
launch to deorbit, it seems a prudent mission to make the most of our
limited time and resources to explore (and maybe understand) this vast
universe around us. A Pluto/Charon cubesat might not help with quantum
gravity, but maybe it could tell us more about the teeny circumbinaries
which must have some cool secrets!
Research Focus
Propulsion and payload engineering are the key to unlocking the proverbial
doors which are currently guarded by the much less proverbial
problem of Δv. With higher Isp (or Ve, if you like)
we can expand the frontiers of our knowledge and capabilities. One of the
most promising propulsive methods at this time, excluding solar sails and
NTP, is electric; Hall thrusters, PPT, and gridded ion are all high
exhaust velocity, efficient systems, in addition to being reliable (and
just plain cool).
Careers with Impulse
As mentioned in the Mission Statement, Impulse is currently no more than a
hopeful brainchild. That said, if we get off the ground we'll need some
people. An aspiring (and current, for that matter) aero, electrical,
materials, and really any type of engineer would be a welcome addition to
what is currently shaping up to be a one person team (that's hardly enough
to rival SpaceX). I really need a business major, since I like math but I
don't like economics, so if you're a businessperson who likes boosters,
then we'd love to have you!
Reference, Mostly for Me!