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Europe's Biggest Amateur Rocket Completes Test-Firing

Posted by timothy on from the in-space-no-one-can-file-a-noise-complaint dept.

Michael Eriksen writes "The Danish amateur rocket group Copenhagen Suborbitals has successfully test fired their rocket (article in Danish). It is a 90,000 kW monster delivering a total of 140,000 N. According to the group, this is by far the biggest amateur rocket ever fired in Europe. The final goal is a manned (!) low-orbital flight."

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  1. Re:Rocket fuel for thought... by PalmHair · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, the European amateurs have always been cute and interesting - I have 4 GB worth of them on my hard drive. I have never considered asian porn to be a global threat, I just not a fan.

  2. Re:Ummm by sfraggle · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...because the North Koreans are militaristic nut cases and the Danes are not?

    How can you say that when Denmark exports millions of vehicles every year believed to be used in private armies around the globe? True, they're Lego armies, but that's besides the point.

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  3. Re:And so what... by slackbheep · · Score: 5, Funny

    2009 - 50 = 1959. See what he did there? ^__________^