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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. Top Gear's Reliant Robin rocket? by PalmHair · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Top Gear's Reliant Rocket was claimed to be the biggest non-commercial amateur rocket in Europe. The Danish rocket must be bigger, though the video shows only an engine test. Can you claim it to be a rocket test when there is only the engine?

  2. Exhaust nozzle blows off after a few seconds by slashbart · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If you look at the hi-speed movie, you can see that their exhaust nozzle ring gets blown off after a few seconds (no timestamp on the video). I love what they're doing, but they're not there yet unfortunately. Bart

  3. And so what... by jopsen · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Offtopic, I just couldn't help but wonder:

    ...because the North Koreans are militaristic nut cases

    And would you claim that the Americans less militaristic nut cases than the North Koreans?
    (Rhetorical question - you need not answer I've already prejudged you by reading the second amendment).