Amateur Danish Rocket Builders Plan to Send Humans into Space
Katie Cordrey — September 1, 2010 — Tech
References: copenhagensuborbitals & msnbc.msn
Kristian von Bengtson and Peter Madsen are amateur Danish rocket builders working to blast into space using home-built rockets. The two men may make Denmark the fourth nation to launch a person into space.
The amateur Danish rocket builders aren't hobbyists, but are actually founders of Copenhagen Suborbitals, the company working on the project. They plan to launch their HEAT-1X rocket 'Tycho Brahe' in an unmanned test flight to be followed with a manned flight in the foreseeable future.
The amateur Danish rocket builders aren't hobbyists, but are actually founders of Copenhagen Suborbitals, the company working on the project. They plan to launch their HEAT-1X rocket 'Tycho Brahe' in an unmanned test flight to be followed with a manned flight in the foreseeable future.
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