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]
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- ^ a b Singh, D. Abhijeet (September–October 2015). "Sugar Based Rocket Propulsion System- Making, Analysis & Limitations" (PDF). International Journal of Engineering Trends and Applications (IJETA). 2 (5): 30–37. ISSN 2393-9516.
- ^ Reisch, Marc S. (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.