GoFast! Rocket Earns Top
Technology Award for 2004 in Aerospace Engineering’s Annual
Review Magazine
“When you touch something that
has been to outer space, it almost feels like you’ve been
there yourself.” Ky Michaelson, Founder CSXT
DENVER, CO (January 26, 2005)
– The GoFast! Rocket garnered the top ranking in Aerospace
Engineering’s Annual Review Magazine (December 2004) within
its category for the first civilian rocket successfully launched
into space. Traveling well beyond the definition of space, the
GoFast! Rocket won the amateur space race along with the Top
Technology Award for 2004—demonstrating rocket design
expertise, and sound aerospace engineering.
Sponsored by Denver-based Go Fast Sports & Beverage Company
and Connecticut-based Fuscient, the Civilian Space eXploration
Team (CSXT) blasted the GoFast! Rocket into outer space on May
17th, 2004 in the Nevada Black Rock Desert.
“The recognition received from this award is truly an
honor after eight years of research and 3 prior unsuccessful
launch attempts. Using advanced computer techniques, we designed,
built and launched the first all civilian rocket to reach space
in less than 3 months,” said CSXT Rocket Designer, Jerry
Larson.
The streamlined interface of Phoenix Integration’s ModelCenter
software served as the primary powerhouse for ensuring integrated
propulsion, mass properties, aerodynamics, trajectory and stability
within the GoFast! Rocket design process.
The GoFast! Rocket’s payload contained three cans of Go
Fast Energy Drink, several American flags and other mementos
from the CSXT team members. The payload was recovered
approximately twenty-four hours after the launch, with all items
fully intact. “When you touch something that has
been to outer space, it almost feels like you’ve been
there yourself,” said Michaelson.
“When Ky and Jerry approached Go Fast to support this
effort, we were impressed with their enthusiasm, professionalism
and determination to send this rocket at 4,000 miles per hour
into space, said Troy Widgery, Founder of Go Fast Sports &
Beverage Co. “They have defined the pursuit of speed,
and that is what Go Fast is all about,” added Widgery.
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