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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

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Air space over international waters can be controlled by a government?

"We fly our rockets from the military firing practice area ES D 139 in the Baltic Sea, 20 km east of of the Danish island of Bornholm. It spans 70×35 km, and are opened to us by the Royal Danish Navy for the launch time window. The Danish and Swedish authorities are very helpful, and close the airspace above for airtraffic in the hours of the actual launch." https://copenhagensuborbitals.com/about-us/

There is this quote: "If all of your money is not get wasted to your hobby, your hobby sucks."

Updated: "...and won't require closing air space..."

Re: Copenhagen Suborbitals: The world’s only manned, amateur space program

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I 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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYF8Am-lt20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqwJu6cSBW4

Ron, both of you are famous in free software and amateur radio communities due to your work, so thanks again. I have some doubts though regarding the safety of manned launches here. Seems like a serious issue to me and I hope it's not treated lightly.

Surely people used to convey similar objections about sailing uncharted waters. Exploration is by nature a dangerous gig, everyone involved is completely aware of the risks they are taking.
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