Waldo Stakes Explained

Waldo Stakes
Birth Date:23 November 1955
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois, United States
Occupation:General contractor, builder of rocket vehicles

Waldo Stakes (born 23 November 1955) is an American general contractor and designer of high speed vehicles.[1] Stakes is planning to break the world land speed record using a rocket car powered by a second-hand X-15 rocket engine, which he has named the Sonic Wind Land Speed Research Vehicle.[2]

Stakes was a founder and one-time curator of the Saxon Aerospace Museum in Boron, California.[3]

Stakes was a collaborator with "Mad" Mike Hughes in his attempts to achieve suborbital flight using a steam-driven rocket.[4] [5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Waldo Stakes: A Rocket Man Chases The Land Speed Record. Lerner. Preston. December 18, 2012. Automobile.
  2. Web site: Is a 2000 Mph Car Actually Possible?. Huffman. John Pearley. 2011-12-26. Popular Mechanics. en-US. 2020-02-24.
  3. Web site: Where the Wild West Meets the Cosmos. Lerner. Preston. Air & Space Magazine. en. 2020-02-24.
  4. Web site: Daredevil 'Mad Mike' Hughes dies while attempting to launch a homemade rocket. Hollie . Silverman. CNN. 2020-02-24.
  5. Web site: 'Mad Mike' will try to launch his steam rocket again for 'Homemade Astronauts' TV show. 21 February 2020. Chelsea. Gohd. Space.com. en. 2020-02-24.

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