Hurts when you fall on your face…………..you should have know this would come back to bite you in the ass someday.

It was just brought to my attention that you have not published my responses to your earlier questions. Please check your inbox, but these were mailed to you several weeks ago. If you would like me to re-send, please advise.

I normally do not respond to bloggers on this or other sites who make inflammatory and untrue statements about me or my company. However, in this case I feel obligated to set the record straight. First, the technology that I have licensed to Rocket Crafters involves innovations in both advanced composites and hybrid rocket technologies. The first is patented and the second is patent-pending. Both were solely invented by me after years of investigation and hard work. For the record, I have never collaborated with anyone in my research who was dying of brain cancer.

Inventors who have had some commercial success and have become something of public figures often find themselves open to attack from people who they have never met, people who have no idea what they are talking about, and former associates who…well, just have an ax to grind. My advise, especially those whose work is considered industry disruptive, is to grow a thick skin in this age of social media and anonymous commentary.

Regarding Rocket Crafters’ plans to build facilities and its hiring plans, the responses that I provided you some weeks ago are still valid. However, companies like ours must be nimble and willing to adjust quickly to changing circumstances and opportunities. Even so, we will attempt to do a better job in the future to keep the press, including your news site, up to date on our progress, announcements and plans.

Best,

Ronald Jones
President and Chief Technology Officer
Rocket Crafters, Inc.

good luck to all!!

CHEERS! Amanda

Thanks for your comments. I hope your media relations office is similarly helpful in answering the questions I submitted about the article in questions last Friday, and again on Monday; I have not yet received a response from company officials to either message.

I read, with interest, your article about Space Crafters, Inc. as written in the December 7, 2013 in NewSpace Journal. It is unfortunate that the Tampa Bay Times misrepresented Rocket Crafters, Inc in their article, please allow me to give you additional information that will augment your readers understanding of our company.

Our product development plans have matured as we have gained more knowledge about the evolving commercial space market. As told to the reporter, we are advancing our Sidereus spaceplane design to carry an upper-stage with small payload to low Earth orbit. We started this work almost a year ago. We have not abandoned our plans to ultimately develop suborbital passenger and cargo carrying transportation flight vehicles. As you know, in this business you need to start small before scaling up just as SpaceX has done.

In a leap of faith that the facilities we require to begin operations in Titusville could be met within a reasonable period of time, we elected to establish an office at the Space Coast Regional Airport in August of this year. We now have 2 employees based in Florida and have started interviewing candidates for several engineering positions. Our 7-year projections for up to 1,300 local jobs remains a viable forecast.

We also sent out a press release to local media regarding our plans to pursue the DARPA XS-1 Program. If you wish a copy of our recent company newsletter please contact me. I think you will agree that our company continues to make progress toward its goals.

If you have any further questions of Rocket Crafters, Inc. please feel free to give me a call.

Regards,

Eric M. Witcher
Vice President, Corporate Operations
eric.rocketcrafters@gmail.com
(321) 427-1917