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Daniel Jubb (born 1984 in Manchester, England) is a British rocket scientist. In a November 17, 2008 article from the British newspaper The Times, he was named "one of the world's leading rocket scientists", by the Royal Air Force Wing Commander Andy Green.[1]

Biography

Having been interested in rockets since childhood, Jubb had obtained corporate financing and flew many amateur rockets, all by the time he was 14 years old.[2]

In 1995, and along with his grandfather Sid Guy, he co-founded The Falcon Project, a company that designs and develops rocket engines for commercial and military applications.[3] At that time, Jubb obtained permission from the UK Ministry of Defence to launch rockets from the missile test platform of the Otterburn Army Training Estate in Northumberland and after his rockets reached the maximum allowable launch height of 20,000 feet he wanted to go higher.[1] The operations of The Falcon Project were then moved to a location near Garlock in the Mojave Desert in California.[1] Jubb runs The Falcon Project from a home office in his parents' house and the company supplies the MOD, United States military, and plans to build satellite launch vehicles.[1] In a short documentary produced in 1998 for Channel 4 titled Raw Talent: The Rocket Scientist, Jubb stated that he built his first rocket at age five, "from a McDonald's straw, a light-bulb holder and some household ingredients".[1][4]

Although many media claims have been made about the altitudes reached by Jubb's rockets, none have appeared on the list of altitude records held by the United Kingdom Rocketry Association.[5]

In November 2005, Jubb joined the Bloodhound SSC project.[6][7] The Bloodhound is a jet and rocket powered car that was designed to break the land speed record by traveling at approximately 1,000 miles per hour (1,609 km/h).[8][9] Jubb and The Falcon Project designed, built, and repeatedly tested their hybrid rocket engine that will produce an estimated 25,000 lbs of thrust, suitable for either Bloodhound SSC or Virgin Galactic's SpaceShip Two.[10][11] In addition, The Falcon Project Ltd completed and tested a full scale monopropellant thruster for sub-sonic testing of the vehicle.[12][13] On November 28, 2010 Neil Armstrong visited the Bloodhound SSC headquarters and chatted with the team, including Jubb.[14] This October 3, 2012 report was televised on the Bloodhound SSC hybrid rocket fabricated by The Falcon Project Ltd with Daniel Jubb as director, which was successfully tested in public at Newquay, GB.[15] Due to escalating costs caused by control system delays, the hybrid rocket for Bloodhound will instead be developed by Nammo.[16]

Jubb has also been noted for his prominent moustache which earned him recognition from The Chap magazine.[17]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Pavia, Will. Rocket Man set to become Record Man, The Times, November 17, 2008. Accessed December 15, 2008.
  2. ^ Parrish, John. Rocket Boy, The People, January 31, 1999. Accessed December 16, 2008.
  3. ^ The Team, bloodhoundssc.com. Accessed December 16, 2008.[dead link]
  4. ^ Raw Talent: The Rocket Scientist, British Film Institute. Accessed December 16, 2008.
  5. ^ [1], UKRA.
  6. ^ The Hybrid Rocket for Bloodhound SSC and Inspiring the Next Generation, ICT Evening Seminar 2013 - Daniel Jubb. Accessed January 5, 2014.
  7. ^ Satter, Raphael. British engineers announce plans for rocket car, AJC Cars, November 4, 2008. Accessed December 15, 2008.
  8. ^ Amos, Jonathan. Supersonic car targets 1,000mph, BBC News, October 22, 2008. Accessed December 15, 2008.
  9. ^ Birch, Stuart. Rocket, gas turbine, and V12 to power speed bid, December 5, 2008. Accessed December 16, 2008.
  10. ^ BBC, Science Section. Newquay test set for Bloodhound land speed rocket, BBC News, September 12, 2012. Accessed December 31, 2013.
  11. ^ YouTube video from The Telegraph of the Newquay, GB test firing. [2], September 12, 2012. Accessed January 2, 2014.
  12. ^ bloodhoundssc.com. Bloodhound SSC Vehicle Technical Specification: configuration 11, June 2012, June, 2012. Accessed January 3, 2014.
  13. ^ bloodhoundssc.com. Monopropellant rocket testing underway, A successful static test of the 44.5 kN (10,000 lb) thrust monopropellant chamber was conducted on the 12th of July., July 27, 2009. Accessed January 3, 2014.
  14. ^ Neil Armstrong visits the BLOODHOUND Technical Centre. Accessed January 6, 2014.
  15. ^ British Forces News TV report 2:12. Accessed January 16, 2014.
  16. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25426419
  17. ^ Fastest Tache in Britain, The Chap, April 3, 2009. Accessed October 28, 2010.

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