Little Da Vincis

Little Da Vincis


Interview with Dr. Leon Vanstone, Director of the Texas Rocket Engineering Lab

November 30, 2020

Dr. Leon Vanstone is Director of the Texas Rocket Engineering Lab at the University of Texas at Austin. His expertise include shock dominated flows, hypersonics, scramjets and rocket systems. Leon is currently helping to reduce cost and complexity of transit to space while increasing workforce development. Although rockets will always be necessary in space, Leon believes the future of leaving this planet lies in building space planes that "fly" to orbit.