TIMES RECORD • September 14, 2022
BluShift Aerospace, a Brunswick-based startup, announced a new phase of rapid engine testing to optimize their carbon-neutral, biofuel powered MAREVL rocket engine. The company has also opened a new equity crowdfunding campaign on Wefunder aiming to raise up to $1 million by November. The company’s goal is to launch small payloads for commercial and academic customers. BluShift says Maine’s Downeast coast is ideal for launching rockets because it can offer a safe polar orbit trajectory over the Atlantic Ocean that does not endanger human populations or wildlife. Because of the company’s nontoxic biofuel, when the small rockets return to Earth they won’t endanger humans, pollute the ocean, or become a liability to Maine’s valuable fisheries.