Ian Brown
Why Did We Found the Liquid Rocket Initiative?
We didn’t found the Liquid Rocket Initiative to build rockets. That has never been our primary objective—we are aiming for something far...
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Ian Brown
- Dec 17, 2022
- 5 min
Ownership
One of the big parts about being a productive member of this team is taking ownership over your work. While we talk a lot about...
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Rohan Garg
- Dec 10, 2022
- 2 min
The Ultimate Guide to Designing a Liquid Rocket Pintle Injector
As nerdy as this sounds, don't let rocket science overwhelm you. In fact, I had the immense displeasure in complicating our rocket design...
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Christopher Xu
- Dec 10, 2022
- 4 min
Electrical: Testing within testing within testing
To test liquid rocket engines, we’re building a test stand. On the electrical system of the test stand, we’re also doing a lot of testing...
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sbista2002
- Nov 30, 2022
- 2 min
MkII: Handling the Heat!
MkII Cooling Hi everyone! The development of MkII is rounding the corner, and we are excited to share with you our recent progress. One...
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Ian Brown
- Nov 20, 2022
- 4 min
How Will the Liquid Rocket Initiative Pass the Torch?
The Liquid Rocket Initiative has a problem: all of our subteam leads are seniors, while most of our members are freshmen. This means that...
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Pedro Leite
- Nov 14, 2022
- 2 min
Test stand structure update!
What’s up guys! There’s been a lot of exciting updates on our test stand, and I’ll let you in on some of the things going on with the...
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Ian Brown
- Nov 11, 2022
- 3 min
Grunt: How an Extremely Simple Rocket Engine Unlocked Our Success
The Liquid Rocket Initiative exists for one reason: to create an environment where learning about rocket engineering is natural and...
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Ian Brown
- Oct 1, 2022
- 4 min
A step-by-step guide to building a high-performing student group
By Ian Brown Student groups can make or break the college experience. Many have had experiences in student groups that have had...
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