Copenhagen Suborbitals: The world’s only manned, amateur space program
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Copenhagen Suborbitals: The world’s only manned, amateur space program
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Re: Copenhagen Suborbitals: The world’s only manned, amateur space program
#2Something tells me that the space program is on hiatus:
Re: Copenhagen Suborbitals: The world’s only manned, amateur space program
#3Something tells me that the space program is on hiatus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Madsen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Kim_Wall
He seems to have left the project four years ago. I suspect the murder might have an impact on the public relations side of things, but I'm also pretty sure people who do donate to them do their research better.
Re: Copenhagen Suborbitals: The world’s only manned, amateur space program
#4Something tells me that the space program is on hiatus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Madsen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Kim_Wall
He seems to have left the project four years ago. I suspect the murder might have an impact on the public relations side of things, but I'm also pretty sure people who do donate to them do their research better.
Correct!
For those interested (and can live with Google Translate) they have a very active and informative blog on:
Re: Copenhagen Suborbitals: The world’s only manned, amateur space program
#5Something tells me that the space program is on hiatus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Madsen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Kim_Wall
To be clear, Peter Madsen has nothing to do with Copenhagen Suborbitals, and hasn't had for quite a while.
Re: Copenhagen Suborbitals: The world’s only manned, amateur space program
#6The most recent launch was August 2018, https://copenhagensuborbitals.com/missions/nexo-ii/
> The Nexø rocket class is a technology demonstrator in advance of building the significantly bigger Spica rocket that will take our astronaut to space ... The rocket flew in a perfect line up to app. 6500 m, where the nosecone was discarded, and the ballute did its job: Stabilising the rocket, and then deploying the main parachute that carried the rocket down to a gentle splashdown in the sea. The rocket was quickly recovered as planned – and even the nosecone was found. This splash cannot be underestimated: It was the first time we had a rocket land in a parachute, and that with a speed so low that an astronaut would have survived the impact. Also, the DPR system proved to be as successful as we hoped. This system, that uses a helium tank to maintain a constant pressure in the fuel og oxidizer tanks, paves the way for a rocket that can fly an astronaut all the way to space without the need for extremely complicated turbopumps. In other words: The Nexø I and II has done their job as concept demonstrators for the systems that now can be scaled up to the much bigger, manrated Spica rocket class.
Re: Copenhagen Suborbitals: The world’s only manned, amateur space program
#7One of the founders of Copenhagen Suborbitals are the now infamous Peter Madsen
https://www.theguardian.com/global/2018/jan/07/copenhagen-ki...
Re: Copenhagen Suborbitals: The world’s only manned, amateur space program
#8I was tangentially involved in the Nexo II launch. Alexandru Csete (author of Gqrx) used my GNU Radio DVB-S2 transmitter code to send live HD video from the rocket.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwSYv8eVQqQ
Re: Copenhagen Suborbitals: The world’s only manned, amateur space program
#9Why aren't we all doing this! Isn't this the dream of everyone who ever built a model rocket?
Re: Copenhagen Suborbitals: The world’s only manned, amateur space program
#10One of the founders of Copenhagen Suborbitals are the now infamous Peter Madsen https://www.theguardian.com/global/2018/jan/07/copenhagen-ki...
It should be noted that he left the project in 2014.