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For Investors: Where the $500K Goes
We are raising $500,000 for the 2027 Phase 1 program. This is how it is spent.
- Team Wages
- $170K to $215K20 to 25 people at about 10 hours a week, including payroll tax
- Flight and Test Hardware
- $150KVehicle, Big Piggy engines, test stand and ground systems, with spares for failed tests
- Insurance
- $35K to $50KLiability coverage for engine testing and launch
- Workshop Lease
- $24KAbout $2,000 a month in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, for 2027
- Reserve
- $60K to $120KUnallocated margin for schedule slips and cost growth
- Phase 1 total, 2027
- $500,000
Estimates for the full 2027 Phase 1 program. The itemized lines come to about $380,000 to $440,000; the rest of the $500,000 target is held as reserve.
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