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Starstruck Inc was a company founded by James Bennett that attempted to perform low-cost orbital rocket launches using experimental, sea-launched hybrid rockets. While a commercial failure, it is an important part of hybrid rocket history^[1], responsible for restarting commercial development of hybrid rockets^[2]^[3]. The company folded after three rockets built and one successfully launched to suborbital space. Several veterans of Starstruck founded the American Rocket Company (AMROC)^[4], which also eventually failed. AMROC's intellectual property was acquired by SpaceDev.

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Sources

^ Arif Karabeyoglu. (2008, May 09). Hybrid Rocket Propulsion for Future Space Launch. Aero/Astro 50th Year Aniversery. http://aa.stanford.edu/events/50thAnniversary/media/Karabeyoglu.pdf
^ History of Hybrid Rockets. http://www.hybridraketen.de/Homepage/Old/Antares/Hybridraketen/history.htm
^ http://www.hawkfeather.com/rockets/hybrids1.html
^ David P. Gump. (1990). Space Enterprise: Beyond NASA. Praeger Publishers, New York. pp 28-31.

Jim Schefter. (May 1984) High-tech Rockets on the Cheap. Popular Science. http://books.google.com/books?id=lgAAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA92&lpg=PA92&dq=starstruck+inc+rocket&source=bl&ots=o797gr63k8&sig=v6unhb4Ey61EhpO8GoHdxezfYaw&hl=en&ei=0VnaS6KOBY_g8QTn1-hF&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CBoQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=starstruck%20inc%20rocket&f=false

[1] Arif Karabeyoglu. (2008, May 09). Hybrid Rocket Propulsion for Future Space Launch. Aero/Astro 50th Year Aniversery. http://aa.stanford.edu/events/50thAnniversary/media/Karabeyoglu.pdf

[2] History of Hybrid Rockets. http://www.hybridraketen.de/Homepage/Old/Antares/Hybridraketen/history.htm

[3] ttp://www.hawkfeather.com/rockets/hybrids1.html

[4] David P. Gump. (1990). Space Enterprise: Beyond NASA. Praeger Publishers, New York. pp 28-31.

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 '''Starstruck Inc''' was a company founded by [[James_C._Bennett | James Bennett]] that attempted to perform low-cost orbital rocket launches using experimental, sea-launched [[Hybrid_rocket | hybrid rockets]]. While a commercial failure, it is an important part of hybrid rocket history<ref>Arif Karabeyoglu. (2008, May 09). Hybrid Rocket Propulsion for Future Space Launch. Aero/Astro 50th Year Aniversery. http://aa.stanford.edu/events/50thAnniversary/media/Karabeyoglu.pdf</ref>, responsible for restarting commercial development of hybrid rockets<ref>History of Hybrid Rockets. http://www.hybridraketen.de/Homepage/Old/Antares/Hybridraketen/history.htm</ref><ref>http://www.hawkfeather.com/rockets/hybrids1.html</ref>. The company folded after three rockets built and one successfully launched to suborbital space. Several veterans of Starstruck founded the American Rocket Company (AMROC)<ref>David P. Gump. (1990). Space Enterprise: Beyond NASA. Praeger Publishers, New York. pp 28-31.</ref>, which also eventually failed. AMROC's intellectual property was acquired by [[SpaceDev]].