Hey Anonymous Coward...
We will eventually launch somebody in space on a suborbital ride. Everybody is interested in the story to be told, AFTER the success mostly because nobody is able to follow the process as it happens.. But here you can.. Why is that a problem? Even NASA was "little kids player NASA" when they started out...
Yes, we are funded by people (mostly on the web) who find this interesting. If nobody found this interesting it would not work out - apparently it does...
Thanks for the comment - love naysayers. They are the true indicator of new stuff to emerge successfully in the future....
K vonB
We have an annual budget of app. 400.000 dollars.. so yes,, very much cheaper.. We are hitting app 1:5000 in cost so far... But bare in mind that this is not a commercial project - we are doing this for fun and to challenge ourselves.. So, we cannot be compared with SpaceX..
Start complying???
We are launching already every summer and are getting closer and closer to space and no one seems to care? Who should we comply too? Everyone is passive and no one knows how to deal with this....
Harming 3rd parties are our biggest concern... besides getting the rockets to fly straight, which pretty much has an potential impact on the first one...
Everyone things everything is illegal all the way down to questions like "how are you allowed to build your own space rocket". Well, since its not illegal - its legal.. The world is not that bad... If you play your cards right - work the right channels and diplomacy, many doors will open up...
Slashdot Mirror
Sketchbooks for the project http://copenhagensuborbitals.com/sketchbooks.php
Hey Anonymous Coward... We will eventually launch somebody in space on a suborbital ride. Everybody is interested in the story to be told, AFTER the success mostly because nobody is able to follow the process as it happens.. But here you can.. Why is that a problem? Even NASA was "little kids player NASA" when they started out... Yes, we are funded by people (mostly on the web) who find this interesting. If nobody found this interesting it would not work out - apparently it does... Thanks for the comment - love naysayers. They are the true indicator of new stuff to emerge successfully in the future.... K vonB
We have an annual budget of app. 400.000 dollars.. so yes,, very much cheaper.. We are hitting app 1:5000 in cost so far... But bare in mind that this is not a commercial project - we are doing this for fun and to challenge ourselves.. So, we cannot be compared with SpaceX..
Start complying??? We are launching already every summer and are getting closer and closer to space and no one seems to care? Who should we comply too? Everyone is passive and no one knows how to deal with this....
Its not a matter of changing the hardware but the coding inside.... thats were the magic is normally locked
Harming 3rd parties are our biggest concern... besides getting the rockets to fly straight, which pretty much has an potential impact on the first one...
Everyone things everything is illegal all the way down to questions like "how are you allowed to build your own space rocket". Well, since its not illegal - its legal.. The world is not that bad... If you play your cards right - work the right channels and diplomacy, many doors will open up...