The episode starts out with Sascha Deri, the owner, and founder of bluShift Aerospace, talking about the inspiration behind the craft of the team's rocket. It was quite a long journey to launch day as they were working with Maine's state government and various organizations to assist with funding and permissions to launch a rocket from Maine and they worked with Loring Airforce Base  for setting up a launch site as it was the perfect fit for what blueShift was looking for.

To learn more about blueShift Aerospace visit their website, Facebook or Instagram. Also, to see the Stardust 1.0 launch visit their YouTube channel.

Also, please check out the featured musician of this episode, Vander Viper and the song he specifically made for bluShift as you will hear Sascha's voice in the background when he was conducting one of his test launches.

Photo credit: Lindsay Heald

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