Most modern rockets are only partially reusable, recovering the first stage while the upper stage — the most complex and expensive part — is still lost on every flight. Stoke Space’s Nova is designed to end that compromise. It’s the first launch system built from the ground up for full reusability, including an upper stage that doesn’t burn up on reentry, but returns safely — intact, fast, and ready to fly again. The breakthrough is a ring of 30 throttleable engines paired with a regeneratively cooled metallic heat shield, using circulating hydrogen fuel to withstand reentry without fragile tiles or wings. This makes vertical landing possible even from orbit, dramatically reducing downtime and cost. The result isn’t just a more efficient rocket — it’s a shift in what space access can mean: round trips instead of throwaways, high-cadence launches instead of bottlenecks, and a foundation for in-space infrastructure that’s no longer constrained by expendability.