Comedy | August 26, 2010 | 17 comments

World's First Amateur Rocket to Send Humans into Space

source: http://itgrunts.com/2010/08/26/worlds-first-amateur-rocket-to-send-humans-into-space/

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Tired of waiting for SpaceX or any other firm to come up with a cheaper solution to space travel, two Danish inventors have come up with the world’s first amateur rocket that will carry a human into space and bring them back safely.

This amateur rocket was made by a Danish firm Copenhagen Suborbitals which is a non-profit organization run by Kristian von Bengtson and Peter Madsen. The progress in this amateur project is quite amazing, infact it is due to launch from a submarine in the Baltic Sea on August 30th with a dummy in it. If the initial launch is successful it will be followed by a actual human passenger on board with Madsen volunteering to do so!

The rocket which consists of a single-passenger capsule called Tycho Brahe, was being built since 2004. The entire project was worked on with no government funds and was completely funded by the non-profit organization itself. The funding came in the form of sponsors, donations and volunteers. The donations for Copenhagen Suborbitals have already reached €47,943 out of €50,000 since Jan 10, 2010.

If the initial test were successful, Madsen would suit-up to be in the next flight and if that were to be a success then Denmark would become the fourth nation to send a human into space. Madsen said, “We are working fulltime to develop a series of suborbital space vehicles – designed to pave the way for manned space flight on a micro size spacecraft.”

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