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That is just plain awesome. This is the type of Hacker/Tweaker/Discoverer attitude that makes me smile from ear to ear.

• mixmax 17y ago
  Interestingly he is doing it all basically without any money, just a lot of smart and dedicated people. He also says that his biggest problem isn't technical, it's getting all the official licenses, approvals and documents in order. The government doesn't really know what to do when some guy calls up and asks if it's OK that he fires himself into space from a home-made rocket.
  • jedc 17y ago
    Surely it's not too different from what Scaled Composites had to do when they built/launched SpaceShipOne. (Yes, stationary launch is different from air-launched, but the regulatory approvals as I understand them have to do with space, not ground launch.) That of course doesn't mean it's not a pain in the ass...
    • Femur 17y ago
      Note that in this case the group is launching from Denmark, so approvals and regulations are different than what Scaled Composites (a US company) had to go through.
    • mixmax 17y ago
      They are currenly thinking about using the submarine to tow the barge with the rocket from Copenhagen to the North Sea, and just getting that journey approved is a huge problem. The department of defense seems to have a negative opinion about a submarine towing a huge rocket through Danish territorial waters :-) There are many obstacles like that.
  • whacked_new 17y ago
    Mewonders what's going to happen as people start calling about space insurance programs. Still a long shot, but probably faster than the government can finish scratching its head.