R&D Phase • Recruiting • 2025

Making Venus possible

We design and build every system—from propulsion to life support—on Earth first.
Each iteration proves the hardware that will one day sustain life in Venusian skies.

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What we’re building

A complete hardware stack including propulsion, avionics, structures, and life support. Designed for rapid cycles on Earth and survival in the harshest environments in the solar system.

Propulsion

High-cycle engines with thermal margin, simplified plumbing, and telemetry you can trust.

Avionics

Fault-tolerant sensing, clean data links, and ground tools that accelerate ops.

Structures

Serviceable frames and skins built from materials proven to endure and be rebuilt fast.

14 days
Target test cadence
< 50
Core parts per vehicle
2026
First integrated flight

Program snapshot

Working numbers; we publish deltas as they change. Reality over vibes.

Thrust class (sea level)

Sub-50 kN

Right-sized for rapid test loops and simple ground ops.

Structures

Metal-first

Thermal sanity and repairability; composites where they win.

Turnaround

< 72 hrs

Service paths designed in from the start.

Subsystem Current focus Next milestone
Propulsion Hot-fire reliability & thermal margin Endurance run (Q4 2025)
Avionics Sensor sanity checks & ground UX HIL loop closed (Q4 2025)
Structures Fast-fab joints & repair paths Article 02 assembly (Q1 2026)

Roadmap

Aggressive by design then adjusted by data.

Q3 2025
Subsystem bring-up

Bench testing, telemetry hygiene, and thermal model validation.

Q4 2025
Hot-fire endurance & HIL

Sustained runs and flight-computer-in-the-loop checks.

Q1 2026
Article 02 build

Manufacturability improvements; faster assembly; service access.

2026
Integrated flight

First integrated attempts, expanding the envelope step-by-step.

Long-term mission: Venus

Terraforming is the end state. Full stack reusable systems are the path to get there.

Venus has near Earth gravity, abundant solar energy, and a dense atmosphere. The challenges of heat, pressure, and corrosive chemistry demand hardware that can survive anywhere. We prove that hardware here first.

Near term

Build and iterate flight hardware for frequent reuse. Mature propulsion, avionics, and structures through constant testing.

Mid term

Develop Venus ready systems including high temperature materials, high power platforms, autonomous operations, and scalable ISRU.

Long term

Deploy stepwise terraforming infrastructure beginning with cloud level habitats and sulfuric acid mitigation, then progressing to atmospheric transformation.

Team

Small, technical, hungry. We ship.

Christopher Jackson

Founder • Systems & Propulsion

Advisors & collaborators

Domain experts in thermal, controls, and test ops.

You?

If you bias to action and like hard problems, we should talk.

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