Kistler Aerospace

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Kistler Aerospace is a private company attempting to develop fully reusable vehicles capable of earth orbit at a minimal price.

Its primary project is the K-1, which is intended to get as high as geosynchronous orbit, and is hoped to compete with NASA's relatively expensive, one-shot rockets for servicing of the International Space Station.

In February of 2006, Kistler was purchased by the majority owner of Rocketplane, a competing reusable, private spacecraft firm. Kistler Aerospace now operates using the name Rocketplane Kistler. The two companies apparently will continue to exist separately, but will work together.