The Canadian Founder Building a Rocket to Orbit, Bachar Elzein, CEO & Founder @ Reaction Dynamics

About this episode

Bachar Elzein discusses his journey in building Reaction Dynamics and the challenges of developing Canada's first orbital launch capability.

Bachar Elzein knew at 13 he wanted to build rockets. Twenty-five years later, he's the founder & CEO of Reaction Dynamics — the Montreal-based company building Canada's first orbital launch capability. In this episode, Bachar breaks down the hybrid propulsion breakthrough that makes RDX's rockets cheaper, safer, and deployable from virtually anywhere — including the back of a truck. We talk about what it takes to survive nine years building deep tech, skipping payroll, and betting everything on a technology the market wasn't ready for. We also get into the geopolitics: why Canada is the only G7 country without sovereign launch capability, what the recent federal backing means, and why allied nations are now paying attention. A rare conversation at the intersection of frontier engineering, national strategy, and founder resilience.

People in this episode

Guest: Bachar Elzein

Topics covered

• rockets
• hybrid propulsion
• deep tech
• geopolitics
• national strategy

Keywords

• Reaction Dynamics
• orbital launch
• Montreal
• technology
• founder resilience

Mentioned in this episode

Products: RDX rockets

Places: Montreal, Canada

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