Gottfried in Copenhagen?

David Morris fqmorris at gmail.com
Thu Oct 23 09:11:28 CDT 2008


http://www.boingboing.net/2008/10/22/copenhagen-suborbita.html

This ain't no SpaceShipOne. Copenhagen Suborbitals is a Danish group
of maverick researchers hoping to launch a human being into space on a
rocket booster vehicle. The nosecone holds one astronaut in an upright
position, "with a full view through a polymer plexiglas-dome to
experience the entire ballistic ride." From the Copenhagen Suborbitals
mission statement:

We are currently developing a series of suborbital space vehicles -
designed to pave the way for manned space flight on a micro size
spacecraft.

Two rocket vehicles are under development. A small unmanned sounding
rocket, named Hybrid Atmospheric Test Vehicle or HATV and a larger
booster rocket named Hybrid Exo Atmospheric Transporter or HEAT,
designed to carry a micro spacecraft into a suborbital trajectory in
space.

The mission has a 100% peacefull purpose and is not in any way
involved in carrying explosive, nuclear, biological and chemical
payloads.

We intend to share all our techninal information as much as possible,
within the laws of EU-export control.



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