2025 Third Annual
Liquid Propulsion Symposium
January 25th, 2025

The following are materials that were presented at the 2025 Liquid Propulsion Symposium:

  1. Morning Keynote: “The Space Force and the Nation Need You” - Colonel Luke Sauter, Permanent Professor of Astronautics and Engineering – US Air Force Academy.  (Presentation link)
  2. Liquid Rocket Safety – Mark Holthaus, FAR Officer (Presentation Link)
  3. HalfCat Rocketry – Austin Sennott and Charles Sharp (Presentation Link)
  4. History of Experimental Liquid Development – John Garvey (Presentation Link)
  5. California Pyro Op Responsibilities - Caleb Phillips – Deputy State Fire Marshal CalFire (Presentation Link)
  6. LOX Cleaning w/Astro Pak - Chad Clements – Chemical Engineer, Astro Pak (Presentation Link)
  7. 3D Printed Engines – Charlie Garcia – Reflect Orbital (Link coming soon)
  8. DESR 6055.09 Overview - Mark Ventura – Ventura Energy Systems (Presentation Link)
  9. Afternoon Keynote: “To the Moon with the Apollo Engineers” (Presentation Link)
  10. Liquid Rockets 101 with the KegRocket – Ryan Callahan (Presentation Link)
  11. The 12 Steps of Recovery – Mike & Preston Brinker (Presentation Link)
  12. Apollo Lunar Module Descent Engine Design and Function – Gary Moir, Retired Apollo Engineer (Presentation Link)
  13. Igniters – Mark Holthaus, FAR Officer (Presentation Link)
  14. Polytropic Process - Mark Ventura – Ventura Energy Systems (Presentation Link)
  15. Closing Keynote: “How to Land a Rocket” with Joe Barnard (video coming soon from BPS.space)

This is also our first-year publishing “The State of Collegiate Liquid Rocketry 2025” – a collection of twenty university and amateur liquid rocket projects that were on display at the Symposium.

A copy of the original symposium program is here.

A heartfelt thank you to all the speakers and attendees who made the 2025 symposium a great success!