By Matthew Guerry, Rapid City Journal Among the thousands of visitors who traveled to Sturgis for the rally this week was one toting purportedly space-age technology. Using a 3D-printer, Brian Stofiel has fashioned a motorcycle exhaust pipe cover that stays nearly...

By Danny Wicentowski In theory, getting to space is simple — just go up, then keep going. In reality, there are some additional steps: Collect a few billion dollars, build a rocket taller than a ten-story building, gain access to vast quantities of fuel and,...

Stofiel’s idea is to use mobile, balloon-launched rockets to propel small satellites carrying made-to-order, relatively small payloads for business, research and governmental clients.

New Inexpensive Method of Space Exploration: Launching Mobile Satellites from Balloons and 3D Printed Rockets