The head of Brunswick startup bluShift Aerospace put his money where his mouth is by eating the company’s propriety rocket fuel during a CNN Business segment posted Wednesday. “I realized that I needed to do something unexpected that would really illustrate the point we’ve been making about our nontoxic fuel,” CEO and founder Sascha Deri said in a press release. The company claims its bio-derived, solid fuel, discovered by Deri on a visit to his brother’s North Yarmouth farm, has nearly no carbon footprint. Related Brunswick aerospace company to build Downeast launch site“BluShift was created to prove to the world that green aerospace is not only possible, but imperative,” Deri said. Related Brunswick aerospace companies team up to launch cremated human remains into spaceDeri’s stunt, which CNN filmed during a June visit to Brunswick, might convince skeptics that his rocket fuel really is safe – but few will line up behind him to try it as a snack.

Source: CNN October 14, 2022 18:43 UTC