By Jerry Haber Leonardo da Vinci, the prototypical Italian Renaissance man; Jon Collins, the Renaissance man of Space Safety. The International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS) recognized the outstanding contributions of Jon Collins by bestowing upon him the “da Vinci Lifetime Achievement Award for Space Safety”. Early on, Jon Collins recognized that to achieve our dream of space [...]
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Going to Space on an Homemade Rocket
On June 3, 2011, Copenhagen Suborbitals, a two people enterprise located in Copenhagen, Denmark, successfully launched a homemade rocket over the Baltic Sea. The 9 meter rocket, launched unmanned, was equipped with a capsule which has the capability to host a man in a semi-standing position. This undertaking represents an important milestone for the Danish company, whose goal is to [...]
