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Markus Bindhammer
Markus Bindhammer is an enthusiastic experimental rocketeer, amateur
chemist, technician and mathematician. Markus resides in Shanghai, China
where he works as the CTO of a medium-sized company. Markus and his team
Selene was a former Google Lunar X Prize competitor

Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp., a Dassault Systèmes S.A. subsidiary,
is a world leader in 3D solutions that help millions of engineers and
designers succeed through innovation. Our products deliver an intuitive
experience in product design, simulation, publishing, data management,
and environmental impact assessment.  For the latest news, information,
or an online demonstration, visit our Web site (www.solidworks.com).

Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp. has generously agreed to sponsor
Sugar Shot to Space by providing licenses for SolidWorks Premium
software; SolidWorks Simulation Premium software and SolidWorks Flow
Simulation software. These software packages will be of great benefit
for our rocket motor design and other CAD applicationsx


With more than 380,000 customers—including 100 of the Fortune 100—and with deployments across a wide variety of industries in more than 145 countries around the globe, Oracle offers an optimized and fully integrated stack of business hardware and software systems that helps organizations overcome complexity and unleash innovation.

Oracle has kindly donated two Sun Small Programmable Object Technology (SPOT) kits for our use on the SS2S program. Possible applications for SS2S include a vehicle monitorto collect data such as altitude, attitude, temperature, GPS feedback or to control aspects of the vehicle including parachute deployment or failure diagnosis.
http://www.sunspotworld.com/docs/index.html

As a special machine design, fabrication, and repair facility, Paul Brong Machine Works prides itself on being the "guys behind the guys" that keep machines running. Or as the very silent partner that develops the prototype.

Paul Brong has donated their services to produce complex nozzle components at a highly discounted cost.
http://brongmachineworks.com/


Tru-Core manufactures motor making supplies, specifically for the EX-rocketry community. Products include coring sets and motor casings.

Tru-Core has donated custom-made mould parts for the MiniSShot project.
http://www.rocketsaway.com/trucore/


Pioneer Metal Works, Inc. is a welding, fabrication and machine shop. They do a variety of projects from making metal art, repairing broken parts, to designing and building customized equipment and machinery.

Pioneer Metal Works has donated machining services for the SStS program. Special thanks to Duane and Chris for their many hours of expert machining skills provided at no charge.
http://www.pioneermetalworks.com

Featherweight Altimeters LLC is a small business dedicated to providing the world's best altimeters designed for model rocketry.

Featherweight donated a Parrot altimeter for the MiniSShot project and
more recently has donated a Raven altimeter for our latest projects.
http://www.featherweightaltimeters.com/

DATAQ Instruments specialize in data acquisition systems, with hardware and software solutions that address the entire spectrum of instrumentation.

DATAQ has supplied SS2S with discounted instrumentation amplifiers and has donated an advanced
DI-710 data logger. Thrust and chamber pressure measurements for upcoming rocket motor static firings will be acquired using these DATAQ Instruments data acquisition and data logger products.
http://www.dataq.com/

Donors

Make a contribution to the Sugar Shot to Space program

Bronze donors Amount Ole Kristian Hatlen Edwin Brown Gary Farmer Charlie Partin Ivar Mitri James Salem Andre Stavrakas Jeppe Locht Jeremiah Johnson Mark Quinn Hagen Hübner Journey and Michael McDowell Duncan McDonald Ernest Perez Jeff Maslo Adria Zurriaga Llido Jared Thompson Geoffrey Gallo Scott Fintel Ben Wheeler Brian Su Dan Pollino (Inverse Engineering) Fredrik Steen Become one Up to $100

Silver donors Amount Rick Maschek Jaba Adams Philippe Reignier Paul Kelly Benjamin Brockert James Meyer Arve Jorgen Haugland Tokheim Paul Avery Craig Strudwicke Scott Jolley Nicholas Edmunds Denis Trontin Timothy Mahaney James Yawn Scott Pearson Alberton Berry Matthew Campbell Paul Lavin, Deepsky Rocket Shop Shawn McHatten Shannon Dyer Dustin Brown Guy Wadsworth Become one $100 - $500

Gold donors Amount Hans Olaf Toft Mark LaBarre Grant Saviers Amateur Icelandic Rocketry (AIR) Pioneer Metal Works Inc. Become one $500 - $1000

Platinum donors Amount Chris King Darrell Reamer Clifford Bates Become one $1000 -$5,000

Diamond donors Amount Markus Bindhammer Become one $5000 - To infinity and beyond!

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