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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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^ 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
^ "Hybrid Rockets". Hawkfeather.com. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
^ 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

[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] "Hybrid Rockets". Hawkfeather.com. Retrieved 2010-04-30.

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

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	== Starstruck Inc ==
	'''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>{{cite web\|url=http://www.hawkfeather.com/rockets/hybrids1.html \|title=Hybrid Rockets \|publisher=Hawkfeather.com \|date= \|accessdate=2010-04-30}}</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]].		'''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>{{cite web\|url=http://www.hawkfeather.com/rockets/hybrids1.html \|title=Hybrid Rockets \|publisher=Hawkfeather.com \|date= \|accessdate=2010-04-30}}</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]].