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You might be interested in Copenhagen Suborbitals (copsub.com): A danish group trying to reach space in a DIY fashion financed by donations. It's quite impressi

• chton 12y ago
  That is amazing, thank you so much for linking it. I did not know about them, and it does indeed seem like they have made a lot of progress. I'll be following them from now :)
• baq 12y ago
  as the article says, space != orbit. i don't see how you can get 8 km/s delta-v in a garage. edit: doesn't mean it's not interesting, but orbit is so much more challenging than just space it's not funny.
  • chton 12y ago
    It's true that orbit is more challenging, but you have no hope of getting there if you can't do a suborbital jump first. Aiming for suborbital first might see them get a lot more funding if they succeed. You need to learn to crawl before you can run.