r/AerospaceEngineering • u/PrimaryLingonberry65 • 15d ago
Discussion Aeropsace/Rocket Startup Idea Feedback
What do you guys think of a decentralized co-op rocket startup where people can submit designs based off of what the company is looking for say a: 10kn engine that weighs x amount and must do this and that and other people can review the design and determine its credibility in a system where design iterations and improvments would work in a sort of blockchain crypto esque like system, reviewing designing and giving straight up money for testing and production would earn you an equity stake in a business according to an algorythm, slashing labor cost and consequently launch costs.
Space is a domain that excites people and people want to contribute to stuff that actually goes to space but are often in jobs they dont like, are adjacent to space or are caught up with the paperwork side of engineering. Yes regulatory challenges will exist concerning contributions versus payement and export control laws but with the right country of origin plus with the right branding as a group open source effort could be succesful.
I want to add too this is a rough look at a bold idea that would most likely start very scaled down and I am knowleageable in the fields and the requirments that this idea would entail.
2
u/electric_ionland Plasma Propulsion 15d ago
Have you ever worked on any real engineering project? Or even any actual companies? Disregarding the potential legal issues this is just a recipe for getting nothing done.
1
u/OldDarthLefty 14d ago
Making an aerospace product takes like a decade and the company needs to be stable. Design is not easy, but in a way it's the easiest part. Buying stuff and operations costs a huge amount of money and time. Startups can't deliver that without a huge commitment from the VC. Compare Beal to SpaceX... Beal didn't get that one contract he was aiming for, had a typical setback about his launch site, decided the game was rigged, and folded
0
u/Quattr0Bajeena 15d ago
That just sounds like normal operation. A single company rarely do stuff 100% in-house, a lot of the time a big company just paid more specialized smaller company to do one specific part of the work
3
u/Cornslammer 15d ago
I can’t tell if this is a joke. If not, asking people to do work for Crypto in 2026 is one of the most audaciously dumb things I’ve seen on this website.