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Joe Laurienti

Founder

About

Founder of Ursa Major and a former SpaceX and Blue Origin propulsion engineer. He founded the company in 2015 to develop and manufacture propulsion systems for space, hypersonics, and defense applications.

Previous roles

  • Founder & CEO — Ursa Major
  • Propulsion Engineer — Blue Origin
  • Propulsion Engineer — SpaceX

Notable work

  • Worked on Blue Origin's BE-3 engine and SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft, Merlin engine, and Merlin Vacuum engine through development, manufacturing, and flight qualification.
  • Founded Ursa Major, which became the first American company to fire an oxygen-rich staged-combustion engine; its Hadley engine was flight-qualified and used on multiple hypersonic missions.

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