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Non-Profit Space Rocket Launching In a Week

Posted by samzenpus on from the diy-to-the-stars dept.

Plammox writes "A non-profit suborbital space endeavor lead by Kristian von Bengtson and Peter Madsen is trying to put a man in space. The first test of the boosters and space craft in combination with the sea launch platform will take place this week. The catch? All of this is a non-profit project based on voluntary labor and sponsors. How will they get the launch platform out in the middle of the Baltic sea to perform the test? With the founder's home-built submarine pushing it, of course."

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  1. Re:Zing! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Its taken this long for NASA to perfect it.

    NASA, nor the Russians took this long to get a man into space.

    NASA did however take this long to maintain themselves without innovating or taking risk, this is why the private sector projects are now spurring up.

  2. You love them? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    So slashdotting them was a good idea why?