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Visual Guide – the Making of a DIY Space Capsule

Posted by Soulskill on from the get-your-space-on dept.

Kristian vonBengtson writes "Wanna build your own space capsule capable of doing an atmospheric re-entry on a suborbital mission? Well, here are some production hints and a visual guide." The initial stages begin with sketches on paper before moving to 3D design software. He writes, "A whole bunch of sketches were done to get some kind of initial idea of the size, subsystems layout and how to actually produce the capsule while keeping an open structure for further development and potential changes. One of the main concerns was the small size and the ability to easy install and replace avionics. This led to the decision that all external side panels will have to accommodate being taken on and off – no welding, only on the main structure." Afterward, he moves on to show the final metal cuts and how the pieces are put together via bolts and welding.

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  1. Seems like a lot of work... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Seems like a lot of work considering that you more often than not end up dumping everything into the Baltic sea.

    To the /. editors.
    Why do we have to see this crap?
    It's so obvious that Kristian vonBengtson is only using this as his own personal advertisement space for Copenhagen Suborbitals. He's only trying to get more people to join Copenhagen Suborbitals Support, so he and his friends (especially Peter Madsen) can continue their hobby while other people pay for the rent of the buildings, the ships, the materials and everything else. It's the same each and every time we hear anything from any of them.
    Can you please stop giving them free advertisement space until they actually succeed with anything that has something to do with the original mission statement instead of wasting time on all their irrelevant side-projects?
    It's impossible to take them serious when all they do is act like little kids playing NASA. Kristian, we all know that Gene Kranz, George Low and the other NASA-guys used to smoke celebratory cigars when NASA had done a successful launch. You don't have to smoke a cigar when you and the rest of Copenhagen Suborbitals (again!) dump your rocket at the bottom of the Baltic sea. It only makes you look like an complete idiot.