A Micro Spacecraft to Get You -- and Nothing Else -- Into Space

Posted by John Farrier in Science & Tech on October 25, 2008 at 9:37 pm


Copenhagen Suborbitals is a Danish start-up company trying to make space travel affordable, assuming that you have no desire for creature comforts. Basically you’re squished into a tiny nose cone and shot into the upper atmosphere. Sort of like when you were a kid and you put your brother’s pet hamster into a model rocket and launched it.

Link via Geekologie


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16 comments to "A Micro Spacecraft to Get You -- and Nothing Else -- Into Space"

  1. Sofar
    October 25th, 2008 at 10:07 pm

    I can be a hamster!

  2. sise
    October 25th, 2008 at 10:16 pm

    awwww man. i wonder how much this is supposed to set you back... DOES WANT!

  3. Pj
    October 25th, 2008 at 10:45 pm

    Never, ever, nope.

  4. Christophe
    October 25th, 2008 at 10:52 pm

    They don't talk about re-entry. Maybe you're not supposed to come back...

  5. Half Assed Kitchen
    October 25th, 2008 at 11:33 pm

    Wow. That sounds...awesome?

  6. D-san
    October 26th, 2008 at 12:06 am

    I'm gonna pass. looks pretty uncomfortable and not as safe.

  7. SenorMysterioso
    October 26th, 2008 at 12:24 am

    This thing is perfect, most people dont get to try out their coffin before they die

  8. Jev
    October 26th, 2008 at 1:57 am

    Dont be fooled. They said the same thing when he wanted to build a sumbarine.
    Last wensday I was in the 3rd submarine he has build, taking the first dive in it.
    The Uc3 nautilus is 18.5 meters long and 32 tons.

    Here we are sailing into the sunset ;)
    http://img406.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img3083v2yp9.jpg

  9. MoonCake
    October 26th, 2008 at 5:48 am

    disclaimer: if you have problems with claustrophobia, smelling your own farts, or dying, this may not be a ride suited for you.

  10. Tim Giachetti
    October 26th, 2008 at 5:50 am

    I don't think Jules Verne invisioned a flying sex toy at all.

  11. phil
    October 26th, 2008 at 7:29 am

    In a standing position at 3g acceleration, the blood is going to drain out of your head faster than you can say Wuhhh...*klump*

    By the time the rocket turns off, you'll be in no state to take souvenir snapshots of your back garden. Most likely you'll be dead already.

  12. Jev
    October 26th, 2008 at 10:34 am

    And of course you have the facts to back up that statement?

  13. ted
    October 26th, 2008 at 1:56 pm

    "smelling your own farts"

    The prize goes to Mooncake, with Giachetti a close second.

  14. TwoDragons
    October 26th, 2008 at 11:47 pm

    Y'know, I'm not the most claustrophobic person in the world...but I still think I'll pass on this...

    ...um, yeah...Definitely pass.

    --TwoDragons

  15. Tim Giachetti
    October 27th, 2008 at 6:04 am

    Phil,

    Anti-grav "pressurized suits keep the blood in your head. As well as breathing training which equates to grunt breathing to force even more blood into the head will negate the passing out.
    Also, do you really think someone who is not given a Class A physical will be allowed to fly. Hell, Richard Garriott just went to the space station. Pilots for jets in the military are given the same training and physicals.

    Next time read a book other than Gayboy.

  16. Tim Giachetti
    October 27th, 2008 at 8:03 am

    BTW Phil,

    Ever ride roller coasters?
    Most exceed 3g. Do you pass out on them?


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