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Non-Profit Space Rocket Launching In a Week
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."
Nonprofit space exploration? Is there any other kind?
I'm particularly impressed to note that they left his hands free to reach for the "vomit bag"... :-)
In my experience, the primary goal of QA is to generate documentation to prove the project owners did due diligence, and then in a distant second place, to actually find bugs and faults. Did I mention they use a $15 hair dryer to keep some of their valves warm at high altitudes? It will be interesting how far they get using this approach.
I think it's a fair deal, so I gave them a huge amount of money and I won't tell her about the final result.
Ironically, that's the same deal NASA has been operating under for decades.
*rimshot* thank you, I'm here all week, tip your waitress.
How we know is more important than what we know.