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8 Rivers is a company that develops sustainable, infrastructure-scale solutions to issues that lay within society. The company was founded by Bill Brown, Bob Walker, and Miles Palmer, in 2008, in Durham, North Carolina, United States.
The company operates in fields that require research and development, advanced engineering, modifications and optimization, and zero-to-one deployment strategies. They look to build and secure strategic partnerships to expand their commercialization processes. 8 Rivers has developed the Allam Cycle which is meant to assist in meeting climate targets.
8 Rivers has partnered with Thor Launch Systems in order to develop a space program. Thor Launch Systems looks to create ground-based systems that can launch into low-Earth orbit or geostationary-Earth orbit, as well as go into interplanetary areas of space, through the use of electrical rockets and gliders. Their developments in vehicular technology include the creation of a hypersonic payload-carrying glider that utilizes heat shield technology.
