Feedback from Visitors

"On behalf of the JSC Co-ops I want to thank you for helping us set up and allowing us to come and tour the Ad Astra Facilities. We had a great time and really learned a lot. You guys are doing some astounding and ground breaking work in the field of space exploration." (G.M., JSC, Apr 2008)

"Thank you for showing us your ITAR protected facility and introducing us to your research concepts. I enjoyed learning about the Variable Specific Impulse Rocket which may one day carry our lunar outpost and much more from LEO to LLO (or even to Mars). I applaud the work you do and look forward to reading about your successful test flights and potentially seeing the VASMIR attached to the ISS." (W.R.M., JSC Co-op, Apr 2008)

"VASIMR is an awesome piece of technology, and I was thrilled to get to see it. Thanks for the tour and the Q/A time. Best of luck with getting this thing into space!" (N.S., JSC Co-op, Apr 2008)

"Thank you so much for letting us tour your facilities! I had no idea that an awesome company like yours was located in such an innocuous building! Your plans for the future of space flight are inspiring and hopeful! Thanks for taking the time share them with us." (C.M., JSC Co-op, Apr 2008)

"Thank very much for your time and sharing your passion with us. It is exciting to think of a more advanced space infrastructure. You are truly pioneers of space! Also, I would like to know more about investing in your company. I know you are really going places, and I would like to be a part of it." (B.T., JSC Co-op, Apr 2008)

"Dear plasma physicists, Just wanted to say thank you for taking to time to show us your facilities and explain the VASIMR rocket to us. It's really exciting to see such cutting edge technology that has the potential to change a lot about spaceflight in person. Also it was unique to see the private sector of spaceflight which we don't ever get to see. Knowing that an office of under 30 people is building a rocket engine to go long distances in space is really cool! Again, thanks for your time!" (M.W., JSC Co-op, Apr 2008)

"As an active researcher in the fusion energy sciences, I must admit that VASIMR was one of the two key factors - the other being fusion - motivating me when I made the decision to pursue physics as an undergraduate in 2000. While controlled nuclear fusion may have won me over by graduate school, VASIMR has always had a special place in my heart. One of my dreams is routine spaceflight, and the prospect of a plasma rocket as an enabling tool for space exploration is just as exciting to me as a fusion researcher (if not more) than as a young student as a viable stepping stone to the Moon, Mars, and beyond." (M.B., U Wisconsin grad student, Apr 2008)

"It is inspiring to see a private space company lead industry innovation and advancement with a project like VASIMR." (R.B., U Wisconsin student, Apr 2008)

"Seeing a privately-funded space propulsion project opened my eyes as to what engineers can do outside the big corporate setting." (P.G., U Wisconsin student, Apr 2008)

"I was very impressed with the tour that AdAstra provided for our AIAA UW-Madison tour group. It was interesting and educational to obtain such an intimate look at such a unique concept." (E.M., U Wisconsin student, Apr 2008)

"Touring Ad Astra's facility in Houston was an awesome experience in seeing aerospace engineering being combined with plasma physics to provide new solutions to spaceflight propulsion dilemnas. It was refreshing to see funding for both research and production of an innovative approaches like VASIMR." (J.G., U Wisconsin student, Apr 2008)