That submarine?

They built that too. See the thread on it at http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3005279

One of the rocket masters (Peter Madsen) have actully been the creator behind 3 submarines, including the one on the picture.

Try google for peter madsen and his submarines freja, kraka and nautilus

These guys are making amazing progress!! I can’t wait for the stats after this test flight. Also wondering how the half-sitting half-standing is going to feel on the ride – hopefully they’ll make it to a manned flight soon!

While the rocket is impressive in and of itself am I the only one that’s a little concerned that they’re developing rocket and submarine technology at the same time?

Still, props on both the rocket and the sub!

Blasting off straight up is old school and dangerous. They should take notes from SpaceShipOne

They are making amazing progress, I just hope they’re a success. They could make a fortune selling “tickets” if they can prove its safety.

reading more into it the launch will be with a crash test dummy. They are probably checking the g forces.

As I recall, the project began when they made a rocketpowered boat for a childrens tv-program :)
The subs are prior to that. The entire program is open source, and adhearing to KISS, hence the use of Nautilus as it’s at hand.
BTW Von Bengtsson is a former human habitat engineer at NASA, so not quite an amateur :)

Interestingly enough, the forces a submarine must endure are lesser than current spacecraft in some ways.

Pressures outside a sub can be tens of atmospheres, depending on its dive depth limits, while in near space, the only pressure will ever be -1 atmosphere.

Air will leak out into space, but a pinhole will cause a high-pressure jet of water, in a sub.

Brilliant stuff!

Donations to the project can be made here:
http://www.copenhagensuborbitals.com/donate.php

Why I have the feeling that something will go horrible wrong like the rocket fall back to them :D

I doubt NASA likes that “kiddies” try to shoot up things to their space. Even if it makes it there it will be just waste floating out there and might collide with 1 multibillion dollar satellites.

Maybe if we’re lucky this program will surpass all national space programs and make a moon(preferably Martian) base before the U.S or Russia.

I’m sure there are enough crazy people to do it. I would for sure.

PROBLEM:
The pilot, if you want to call him that, will be almost in a standing position.

If the g forces are great enough, the blood will drain to his feet and he will pass out. Hay may not remember much of his flight is he survives.

This is why pilots in modern fighter planes sit reclined.

The submarine page is located on http://www.uc3nautilus.dk/ and some images http://ing.dk/gallerier/97953

@krustikov Their ‘boosters’ page (http://www.copenhagensuborbitals.com/boosters.php) clearly states 40kN for the vehicle urrently up for launch in a week, and at an acceleration of less than 3g, I estimate that means the rocket is 1400-1500kg AFTER a good portion of the fuel is gone. the 6kN peak engine was from one of their smaller HATV’s.

Why would anyone fly in that coffin when they could ride in style in a Reliant Robin? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJdrlWR-yFM

Really cool! The first impression before reading the notice was that these guys builded a DIY Ballistic Missile Submarine!

“Light blue touch-paper and retire to a safe distance…”

I went to see the spaceship in Nexø here today, will uploade some picturs of the ship later this week.