Who we are

Six people.
One dog. One shed.

Most space companies have thousands of engineers and a marketing department the size of a small nation. We have Randy, a handful of believers, and a very good dog. Somehow, it mostly works.

Our story

It started
in a shed

The official, mostly-true history of how one man turned a water heater and a grudge against airfare into a spaceflight company.

In the spring of some year, Randy looked at the price of a plane ticket, then at the Moon, and decided the whole system was rigged. He had a welder. He had a shed. He had, crucially, no idea how hard this would be — which experts now agree was his single greatest asset.

The first vehicle, later christened Ol' Reliable, was assembled from a repurposed water heater, four lawn chairs, and what Randy describes only as "the good bolts." Its maiden flight reached an altitude Randy calls "up there somewhere" and returned all four passengers, a statistic we still lead with.

Today, Randy's Rockets operates a fleet of three vehicles from the very same shed, offering human spaceflight at prices that have made several actual aerospace engineers write us concerned letters. We frame the letters. We fly on.

The crew

Meet the team

Every one of them has looked at a rocket held together by the good bolts and said "yeah, alright." Clearance levels self-assigned.

Randy

Founder · CEO · Chief Everything

Welder, visionary, and the man who says "you'll be fine" with total sincerity. Personally torques every bolt. Has never read a manual and sees no reason to start.

Clearance: OMNISCIENT

Deb

Director of Mission Control

Randy's sister and the only person allowed to touch the radio. Runs the countdown, the schedule, and Randy. If a launch happens on time, it is entirely her doing.

Clearance: HIGH-ISH

"Chip"

Lead Propulsion Engineer

The only crew member with an actual engineering degree, which Chip keeps very quiet about. Responsible for approximately everything that works. Communicates mostly in sighs.

Clearance: NEED-TO-KNOW

Marisol

Chief Astronaut · Test Pilot

Has personally flown all three vehicles and returned from most of them. Fearless, unflappable, and the reason we can say the words "successfully piloted" out loud.

Clearance: BRAVE

Gary

Head of Safety (Tuesdays)

Our entire safety department, available Tuesdays and by appointment. Delivers "eh, that's probably fine" with a conviction that has genuinely calmed nervous passengers.

Clearance: PART-TIME

Biscuit

Chief Morale Officer

A dog. Greets every passenger before launch and every survivor after. Contributes nothing technical and everything emotional. Has never missed a day of work.

Clearance: GOOD BOY

How we think

What we
believe in

Four principles, printed on a sign in the shed, only slightly crooked.

Cheap is a feature

Anyone can go to space for a fortune. It takes real ingenuity to do it for the price of lunch.

Aim high, spend low

We cut costs everywhere except the good bolts. The good bolts are non-negotiable.

Read the waiver

Genuinely. We put real effort into pages 1 through 30, and a lot of feeling into page 31.

Bring the dog

Morale is a system-critical component. Biscuit is, in every meaningful sense, mission hardware.

The company, briefly

By the numbers

Everything you need to know about Randy's Rockets, rounded generously.

shed, load-bearing

6+1

humans, plus one dog

vehicles (2 currently airworthy)

∞

optimism, replenished nightly

Ready when you are

Come fly
with us

You've met the crew. You've seen the shed budget. There's really only one thing left to do, and it costs ten dollars.

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