Space Roast
Support our Hatch Green Chile New Mexico space launch!
Roadrunner Technologies LLC — based in Las Cruces, NM — is sending authentic Hatch green chile from New Mexico into space. This is the most New Mexico thing that has ever happened — and we're doing it for real.
$270
raised so far
$3,000
goal
By Roadrunner Technologies LLC — Las Cruces, NM
The Mission
Why send chile to space?
New Mexico is the only place on Earth home to both Hatch green chile — the most famous chile pepper in the world, grown in the Mesilla Valley near Las Cruces — and Spaceport America, the world's first purpose-built commercial spaceport. Nobody has put those two things together. Yet.
Space Roast is a community-funded mission by Roadrunner Technologies LLC to launch authentic Hatch green chile from New Mexico to the upper atmosphere, document every moment on camera, and bring it safely back to Earth. It's a celebration of everything New Mexico is — agricultural roots, aerospace ambition, and community pride.
Your Support Funds
What the money does
Flight Equipment
The hardware that gets our chile off the ground and into the upper atmosphere.
Recovery Technology
Tracking, parachute systems, and retrieval gear to bring the chile safely back to Earth.
Mission Documentation
Cameras, data logging, and storytelling tools to capture every second of the mission.
Our Sponsors
Backed by local heroes
Local businesses putting their name on the most New Mexico mission ever flown.
Mission Control
$500+Logo featured on launch page, on-camera shout-out, and your name on the flight hardware.
Flight Crew
$250+Logo on launch page and a thank-you in the launch-day video.
Ground Crew
$100+Your business name listed on the launch page and in our social posts.
Want your business on the mission? Sponsorship goes straight to flight gear, recovery tech, and documentation.
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Photos & Videos
Mission media will appear here as the launch progresses.
Pre-Launch Prep
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Launch Day
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The Chile Up Close
Photo · Coming Soon
Recovery Mission
Video · Coming Soon
Post-Flight Analysis
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Behind the Scenes
Video · Coming Soon
Be part of the mission
Every dollar gets our chile closer to space — and brings the story back home.
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