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Andy Lapsa holds a BS in mechanical engineering from Cornell University and a PhD in aerospace engineering from the University of Michigan. He spent his early career at Blue Origin, where he worked as a propulsion engineer on the BE-4 engine and went on to direct the BE-3 and BE-3U hydrogen engine programs. Frustrated that no company was pursuing full reusability of both rocket stages, Lapsa co-founded Stoke Space in 2019 with fellow Blue Origin propulsion engineer Tom Feldman, and serves as CEO developing the fully reusable Nova launch vehicle from Kent, Washington.
Tom Feldman holds BS and MS degrees in aerospace engineering from Purdue University. He worked at both SpaceX and Blue Origin, giving him direct exposure to the design philosophies of the two leading reusable-rocket companies; at Blue Origin he was a senior propulsion design engineer on the BE-4 engine, working on its oxidizer pump and thrust chamber. He met Andy Lapsa at Blue Origin, and the two co-founded Stoke Space in 2019 to build a fully and rapidly reusable rocket. Feldman serves as Stoke's chief technology officer, leading the company's technical direction.
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Fully and rapidly reusable medium-lift, two-stage launch vehicle under development, designed to return and refly both the booster and the upper stage. Its hallmark is a reusable second stage that uses a regeneratively cooled, actively cooled metallic heat shield and a ring of thrusters for controlled reentry and vertical landing. Nova targets roughly several tonnes to low Earth orbit with full reuse, aiming for aircraft-like turnaround. First flight is planned from Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, with structural verification of the first stage completed in 2026.
11 patents on file, but none with both an extractable figure and an abstract on Google Patents yet.
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