Founder
Dumitru Popescu - Founder, President & Chief Designer of ArcaSpace
Technology and Industrial Design
Dumitru Popescu leads the design, manufacturing, and flight testing of ArcaSpace’s signature technology, from stratospheric solar balloons to the EcoRocket platforms and ground-effect vehicles. He operates on the core principle that visionary engineering must seamlessly combine functional efficiency with unforgettable industrial design aesthetics.
Historic Aerospace Projects
Stabilo: A suborbital stratospheric manned rocket system launched via massive solar balloons from altitudes up to 23,000 m.
Helen: Stratospheric launch platform created for the Google Lunar X Prize, achieving the first powered flight in the competition (2010), while launched from a helium balloon.
AirStrato: Solar-battery stratospheric flying robot designed for long-endurance global communication and research.
ArcaBoard & ArcaBoard 2: The world’s first commercially available hoverboard (demonstrated in 2015), evolving today into advanced ground-effect racing vehicles for the ArcaBoard World Championship (ABWC).
Ecological Propulsion (LAS & EcoRocket Series): Pioneering water-based propulsion technology to polluting rocket propellants, drastically reducing environmental impact while maximizing orbital launch cost.
Keynotes and Speaking Engagements
Dumitru Popescu regularly delivers keynotes and technical presentations for global institutions, technology summits, and academic bodies.
• Past Audiences & Partners: Google, NASA, Stanford University, TED, SETI, Spaceport America, International Space University, X Prize Foundation.
• Speaking Topics: Civil Aerospace, Ecological Propulsion, Ground-Effect Dynamics, Industrial Design, Deep-Tech Entrepreneurship.
• Inquiries: dumitru@arcaspace.com
Demonstrator 2B: The first composite-body rocket launched by ArcaSpace (2004) for the Ansari X Prize Competition, later serving as the foundation for the Google Lunar X Prize and the other rocket programs initiatives.
