In 2023, Max launched the second hobby rocket he's ever built. The Vulpes II is an L1 certification rocket, meaning that he built it to meet certain requirements so that he could obtain the certification to purchase H and I class high-power rocket motors. Getting to an estimated apogee of 1400 feet and successfully separating, the Vulpes was recovered intact. The Vulpes’s motor was single-use, but its intact structure means that all it would need is a new motor to launch again. Learn all about the Vulpes and how you can build your own L1 certification rocket in this Graviton Media video.

This video is about the construction of Orbital Rings and Space Fountains, hypothetical megastructures that could serve as the future of ground-to-space transportation. These structures rely on a concept called active support, because no known material is strong enough to support them in the traditional way (i.e. using their intrinsic tensile and compressive strength). Watch this video to learn about these fascinating structures and about the physics of active support systems.

The pace of space exploration is rapidly accelerating, but launch costs remain a persistent drag on the industry. An exciting proposal from The Atlantis Project would change this: the Tethered Ring. The Tethered Ring is an inertially supported structure that would attach ground stations directly to permanent platforms in the upper atmosphere. A mass driver suspended from the Ring would significantly reduce launch costs, ushering in a new era of scientific progress in space. Meanwhile, a transit ring suspended from the structure would allow for rapid, electric transportation around the world. The possibilities are amazing, especially since the Tethered Ring is feasible with current technology.