Building a Homemade Spacecraft
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- Anyone with some brains and lots of courage can build their own space rocket using everyday, off-the-shelf products. We recently flew to Denmark to meet the founders of Copenhagen Suborbitals, a non-profit open-source D.I.Y. space endeavor.
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Real life Kerbal Space Program
revert to vehicle assembley xD
They need way moar boosters!
basicly
Copenhagen's Junkyard and Spacecraft Parts Co.
they met in a homemade private submarine to discuss building space ships................definitely supervillains
frank davidson just watched a video about the sub and then saw this. What the hell is up with denmark?
Tobias11ize They get bored doing nothing and just paying taxes
Love this way of life, my friend. Denmark govt, take my money!!!
@frank davidson, u were right he IS a supervillain
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Peter Madsen is definitely a super villian. He sunk his sub to hide the evidence of Kim Wall's death.
I like what this guy is doing, but it seems like its a little underfunded & dangerous project.
+How To Make Sushi That's how an industry advances baby
All great opportunities start like that.
"I like what this guy is doing, but it seems like its a little underfunded & dangerous project."
Said the spectator when the Wright brothers buit their plane.
+zagyex Hahahaha good point
Good point to a point... To the point where you realise that rocket engines are not been invented here. These engines were in deed invented and developed a long time a go by Robert Goddard, Wernher von Braun and Sergei Koroljov. Just a build at a shoestring budget happens to be the case here...
Best documentary channel on CZcams.
Yeah
Yeah
This aged like milk
Going off to college I had two interests: aerospace engineering, and neuroscience. I chose to pursue neuroscience. The only times I ever regret my decision are when I see people doing incredible stuff like this.
This is really cool that people are starting to figure more of this stuff out on their own, instead of leaving it up to government initiatives. This is the kind of thing that will help get people up in to space on a large scale.
Actually this is the only way people will go to space on a large scale cause governments will only send the rich
@@golden4730 same
Only way to get to space by normal people is to make your own spaceship either yourself or with a group
I agree. The sad part is that some of them will die
Ikr I’m gonna try to make my own rocket to go to space and I’m making it now
That guy, Peter Madsen killed a Swedish journalist in his submarine, it's so strange to see him in this video :o
you know these guys play a lot of KSP
If kerbal space program has taught me anything, it is that anything is possible.
If KSP has taught me anything it would be to not feed the deep space Kraken.
agreed. KSP is acutely what brought my here
I reckon KSP has inspired a whole new generation of potential rocket scientists.
-yeh
Nicholas Hall Yep it surely has.
I'm delighted I found you guys. Having a background in graphic design and now working as a mechanical fitter and boilermaker, also an astronomy enthusiast, all I see here is simply inspiring me. Beautiful. I truly wish I could hang around with you guys.
Testing the parachute by jumping out of an airplane with it? I love it! This really is Kerbal Space Program in real life.
This I believe will work, just look at Space X
j lindsey they are owned by Elon Musk he is a literal millionaire the average person doesn't have access to $90 million rockets
@@thederekstory3587 Elon made them from scratch, after getting tired of over charged russian rockets that are not delivered but delayed constantly and political stuff that bored him... he decided to do all in house, and he made it!
My Tester Regardless they still make the Rockets now
@@thederekstory3587 Regardless of the millions, he still had the wills/guts to do it... being millionaire doesnt make you braveheart.... at some point, he run out of money, and didnt have millions either... but he still managed all the projects... so your point is not clear?
My Tester you got me there but I am implying that they still had to spend a lot of money for the rocket
AWESOME. These humans are putting in more than they are taking out. A fantastic story. One that makes me feel humble and empowered.
Should have named the test dummy Jeb..
predates ksp
You guys alive?
God damn it jebadiah!
i killed him in my first flight
I'm glad he specified that they are not doing "orbital" space flight...
I think the best part about this other than the fact you two decided to just get together and go for making the means to launch into orbit is the fact your successfully making the whole thing out of common items found in stores. Speaks wonders for what science,resourcefulness,vision,planning,elbow grease, and trial and error can do even today. I am sure the first pioneers of many technologies and mechanical objects did the same. Good luck with everything,its looking great so far and stay safe
And now everyone knows Madsen is a mad man.
Yes Peter Madsen was all over the news in 2017, especially Sweden and the countries around Denmark. It was a Swedish news reporter that he most likely got into a heated argument with and while she (the news reporter) was doing a repotage about how he had built his submarine he brutally killed her and slaughterd her body. He later sunk his submarine to make it seem as if it was some kind of a faliure with the machinery and that's why she died but as they found her dead body in parts with a lot of blood it was clear what he had comitted. It's still unclear why he did this as the only clue we have so far is that he was mad or something like that on her.
These guys are the epitome of the free mind. With the idea of space travel,even for a moment. Done on their own, at their own risk for the sake of inspiration and discovery. For this I salute you, bravo
I think these guys have a great idea! I can't wait to see what they will do in the future.
you know what they did in the future?
The fact that things like this is going on in the world, makes me extremely happy!
So the record altitude for a balloon is 33 miles. That is roughly the altitude at which a major rocket would drop it's first stage. Allen Shepherd's Mercury flight was around 100 miles up. That was a redstone rocket. I'm under the impression that what these gentlemen are trying to accomplish would be something on a par with the Mercury program. So I'm wondering if one could not save a lot of time, energy, and money if one would build a smaller rocket and launch it from a balloon.
+nunya biznez the problem with your idea is that balloons float directly above their payload, and rockets are far, far, FAR heavier than a conventional balloon payload. so the balloon would have to be far, FAR larger.
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no i'm saying if you try launching something from a balloon it'd hit the balloon
+nunya biznez Wouldn't a rocket standing on a balloon push it down while trying to launch? Not an expert but I think there's no solid base to give a good contra for the powerful rocket pushing down.
+nunya biznez I had the thought of launching a rocket from a launching platform carried to about 100,000' by four weather balloons. The idea was to launch a small rocket, something like hobbyists would launch. If it will fly to 1000' at ground-level, it could fly to a much higher altitude, much faster if you have already escaped most of the gasses that make-up Earth's atmosphere.
+RandomGaming I have had the same idea, as have many people on the internet. And i found that the most feasible way would be to use a square fame holding the balloons on each corner so that the rocket in the middle would fly past.
The problem is this:
balloons would need to be large enough to carry the frame and a VERY heavy rocket, thus larger balloons needed. but then a larger frame is needed to ensure a rocket can launch through, but the frame is larger thus a larger balloon is needed.
It actually is an in-feasible condition. And a weather balloon could lift a small sounding rocket, but the price of operating a balloon for any given rocket size would be more expensive then producing a rocket stage to deal with that phase of the ascent.
Very inspiring to see! Hope they succeed in a manned flight to space and back! Would do so much for commercial space flights.
KSP irl, hmm awesome, but how are they guiding the rocket. The video focused allot on the mindset and construction process, but little in the way of software. I kinda feel it's a necessity if they ever want to actually send someone up in that pod.
They plan to guide it completely with rollerons. Basically, it's unguided. They've also made an actively guided rocket, which may have it's technology incorporated into the HEAT-2X Deep Space II, but the goal is to be simple, so I doubt they'll do that.
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Thanks. though are they using any kind of automated guidance or assisted flight? Manual control for something like this just seems lacking in prudence.
It's weird to think that with all our technology that the majority of manned locomotion is still powered by controlled explosions.
It's probably pre programmed.
Sorry. My mistake. Originally they were going to use ballistics and make it totally passive controlled, but they realized that would be totally impractical unless the pilot could withstand 10 Gs on takeoff.
Now their system is going to have a simple flight computer, vectored exhaust, atmospheric controls and capsule reaction controls.
Rook3v you mean hardware?
I live in Denmark.
I have watched vice in North Korea, Russia, Pakistan, and Libya and i have never ever thought that i would see them in my own small home country. Thanks for surprising me vice!
I think I need to pay a visit to Copenhagen. Maybe talk with these guys. I've been wanting to build my own spacecraft.
+craftertflat Me to
+Nick Van.G AND ME!!
+Phantom Runners You can try to find people who know these thing and collaborate with them.
I want to so bad!!
+jordan gemme Me to :p
These are the type of people that are leading humanity into the future!! Great work guys!!!
i heard non profit and open source and this guy is now my hero
Had no idea that such a small group was this close to manned space flights. Bravo! My only concern with the design is the lack of thrust vectoring in the engines. Eventually you will need some kind of computerized control and gimballing to keep the vessel on target.
McKenzie, I hope you succeed. What's life, but for realizing our dreams?
Going into space, even if it is only 100 km, is incredibly tough, especially if it is being attempted on a shoe-string budget. We have seen the success of Scaled Composites and SpaceX, both of which achieved private spaceflight with modest (but still sizable) budgets . Now, maybe someone may succeed in a home-built spacecraft. I wish these people well and look forward to seeing them attempt their own voyage to space.
It's so weird to see this, after what happened to Kim Wall.
I'm pretty sure the test flight we saw was only testing the capsule. The rocket attached was just a temporary solution to getting the capsule in the air. To get that capsule into space, something A LOT bigger is required-- especially due to the amount of fuel needed.
This is the real viking spaceprogram! Beat that Robbaz XD
Kristian,
I've been following your efforts for some time and it's all quite inspirational. I have a couple of questions.
1. How did you decide on a spacecraft that is 160 cm in diameter? I would of thought something 200 cm would have advantages such as eventual expansion to a 2 man craft, and be much close to a 1/2 scale ACM design.
2. Do you plan on designing a SM later when you're ready for an orbital flight? It seems your design is so good, it is something you could continue to expand on..
very interesting to me.
would I trust myself to go into space on a spacecraft I built myself? Heck no! Would be made of tin-foil, parts off an old 67 lincoln, and probably parts from my daughters' easy bake oven.
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made on tin foil, powered by match heads and fire works and has a deck chair for a seat lol
LOL. Exactly. These guys just seem to have the money to blow on making spacecrafts -- and I bet none of them have the guts to fly in one.
Don't believe everything you read/see on youtube. I bet you NOBODY ever flies in one. They will most likely blame it on the government not allowing it and all the investors are out of millions. I would bet on that.
If you want to work with CS, my suggestion would be to take a summerjob where you do some wielding and other types of metal crafting. They don't really need any theoretical worker, but they need practical people who can get things done. At least thats my opionion as a long time follower of the project.
So are these guys engineers?
+WackyBroProductions the primary owner was some engineer at NASA or ESA, and clearly has lots of welding and structual training, and the person working on the cairrer has lots of experience with submarines and rockets so yes
Umm, sort of. Peter madsen, who done the engine, is now in jail as a convicted murderer who mutilated Kim Wall then sunk his submarine to try to hide her to body i think
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Space ships are out of this world.
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This is probably the best thing I've seen on vice.
Inspiring :)
me: trying to sleep
the motorbike outside: 6:52
Im not saying it is useless (i would kill to do what these guys are doing), but its is basically what the Mercury/Redstone mission did almost 60 years ago.
Im neither trying to discourage you guys, its just amazing and inspiring. And you should do it. Keep with it til the end.
I'm making my own small high power rockets and maybe some day i could have one that flies to the edge of the atmosphere. Why? Because its interresting and the only way to get something into space is government or private company government funded.
IndomitableGaming You're right. It can be iust for passion. If i had money and time i would do this too.
FoxTail737 I mean I have not spent over $200 yet and I'm doing my first test fire today!
IndomitableGaming that's because you spent Dollars and not Reais. I live in Brazil, so that would be R$800 at least.
It is good to see the dream is not dead. Keep it up guys wish I could be there and help.
wow, really inspiring video! Seems like great guys truly inspiring indeed, would love to join their corporation someday!
I think that the most interesting part of the video isnt actually the process of making a homemade spacecraft, but the perspective that these guys take on innovation. It's the complete opposite of capitalistic greed.They are just innovating because they care, not for the wealth, and therefore they have no problem being open source and sharing their ideas with others even if for reproduction(though I'm sure they don't mind the credit where it is due).This is how innovation needs to be approached.
i cant wait to star my space craft design and exploration company
Except I know how to travel over 300,000kph easy
Well that's the first step! (Well depending on detail. And I don't know if you're theoretically talking or you have an engine and overall design)
I have the engine and several models
P.C.I.E mk 4
mckenzie atwood When are you planning to start your company? Could you show us a sketch of your craft?
You should be proud! I'm American but I am proud of them as well. It's a very nice effort on their part.
You should do some vibrational analysis on that thing... She's oscillating like a red-light lady on nickel night!
I hope all goes well for these guys. It would be so amazing that a small group of people can achieve a feat like this.
Is this the same guy who was recently in the news who buried some female reporter out at sea in his sub?
apparently. very unsuspecting isn't it? quite chilling..
Yep
Whoa. Hold up
(continued)
Obviously your light-years ahead of a lifelong space-nut :) like me, but I can envision your efforts in a constant evolution (rather than constantly designing new craft)... From the most basic sub-orbital spacecraft evolving into something with Gemini type capabilities (perhaps even docking with private space-stations.
At any rate, keep up the great work. What you guys are doing is amazing..
so they are essentially building a v2 with a man onboard...
To fly anything below 100km (the karaman line) depends on the regulations of the country under it. That means you should at least notify the air-force so they don't shoot you down.
Above the karaman line is the same as international waters; you can do whatever you want as long as you don't break or disrupt any satellites. A satellite is like a boat; it's territory of the nation where it's registered.
There is no such thing as a "space licence", because it's not really an issue... yet.
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mckenzie atwood
He disabled replies. That's smart.
Yes, I want you to upload a video and post "schematics".
Now , that's the most amazing thing i have ever seen on you tube !!!! BRAVO !!!! Greetings , wishes and prayers for your success from Greece !!!
Good work
But seems a lot of money been spends making this project
Who is funding this!?
And what is the return on investment ?
YOUR ASS
alghamdi2007 none I guess it's just for the sake of it to prove that you can do it
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yeah but...wood wrapped in fiberglass tho.
the heat from a rocket would melt it and combust the wood
The Flying Gasmask not if you impregnate the poly resin with a carbon powder like graphene. I'm only talking about the fuselage too...for parts that have to undergo reentry. a rocket engine nozzle made frome graphene might work though. idk.
there is a British dude on YT that has a graphene plastic flame test among other miracle uses for it. it's pretty cool stuff.
HillbillyMatt ExtremeDIY the graphite may survive, but whe wood would still combust, even if wrapped-.
I've read about these Danes on multiple occasions, I admire their courage.
Well, the TDS looks like **fancier** version of KSP Single-person Capsule. Great job there!
Its a beautiful thing to see when people refuse to set themselves boundaries. The limits to human innovation and imagination are endless. Build your own spaceship people.
This is the real version of (The Astronaut Farmer) movie which is one of the most inspiring movies i have ever watched.... I am a mechanical power engineer so for me what you are doing is a dream. I really hope i can start something like this and i really wish that you can accomplish your dream.
One of my shots of the TM65 engine tests at 06:57 was used in this film without my written consent, not am I being credited for this footage. My clip has been licensed for use by Copenhagen Suborbitals alone - not a third party.
6.55 did not expect that sound at first haha :) cool
It might survive because the parachute never had a chance to open and slow the fall. It was sort of whipped into the water on the tail end of the rocket. And it looked like powder of some kind, not water, when the capsule fell into the water.
You are correct about the Soyuz 11. Not a good way to go out at all.
I can all ready tell, by the way the seat is positioned, that the passenger will have blood loss to the head sitting that way. The reason why NASA astronauts do not pass out/blackout during launch, is simply the seat is turned to where the blood will rush to their heads rather that their lower limbs.
I don't know, but they're gonna need a more durable material for re-entry with that capsule. Whats the metals max temp? It's not gonna go so well against re-entry plasma.
+James Bear
He's only planning to go straight up, and back down. There's not a whole lot of heat generated from that, seeing as you're not going in true orbit, but rather, a very steep sub-orbit.
I find it so interesting how Northern Europeans' accents while speaking English are much closer to American accents than British accents are. What I mean is, it's much harder to pick up on the accent of someone from Germany, Denmark, or Sweden than it is to hear English, Scottish, or Irish accents. A Northern European person speaking English sounds closer to someone from the North East of America than someone from the South does.
The rocket flight was awesome.
Admirable. I do anyhow have some doubts about the engine cooling. If you compare this engine with modern Nasa or SpaceX, not forgetting Russian engines, this one is very rudimentary and will probably melt itself in a burn long enough for substantial altitudes. A few kilometers is a far cry from being suborbital, albeit being test vehicles. Keep trying anyway. A long, very long way to achieve what you are aiming at. Maybe some day it will happen. Thumbs up for your noble effort!
What he said at 0:49 is legit what i was just telling my friend 5 minutes ago on the phone
wish more people across the globe were ambitious like this, but more practical with their approach.
Imo, in this case even if they fail completely, it was still a worthy undertaking.
That's great to hear since these guys are making amazing progress!
Full Respect From Scotland !
These kinds of stuff just inspired me to start my own space program in college. I would focus on developing a SSTO craft with combined SCRAM/turbofan/rocket engines
Pery dot me too like Pearl's ship
Pery dot Good luck with that. ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
His space capsule is basically a scaled down copy of the Apollo moon one, even the launch escape solid rocket looks exactly like the 1960's one.
Still bring it on.
Issues regarding regulation vs scientific progress aside, the liquid rocket fuel that NASA uses is liquid hydrogen with an oxidizer of liquid oxygen, both extremely common gasses chilled to a low temperature. A smaller organization might use kerosene (essentially diesel fuel) oxidized with either liquid oxygen or nitrous oxide (laughing gas, also used as a power adder for modified cars). Any ban of a material used to create fuel would negatively effect both the economy and daily life.
very well produced , gj vice!
The VAST majority of costs nations spend getting to this point goes into the research and testing; the engineering, mathematics, programming, materials testing, engine testing, pilot training & testing, air tunnel testing, vacuum / pressure testing etc etc etc
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You save on A LOT of cost when you don't have to do any of that research, because its already been done many times over---you save on even more costs when you're going sub-orbital, and even more when you leave out redundancies for safety
Was I the only one that found 5:43 satisfying ? 😭
Copenhagen Suborbitals have their own youtube channel with great videos of their progress. They're making good progress on their first liquid-powered rocket, which is much bigger than their previous rockets.
the technology they are working with looks a tad antiquated, but the way they are going about their project is the way of the future. open source DIY for the win! hope to see some successful updates soon about their progress!
This was just beautiful. Thanks for spreading the knowledge and inspiring more to think about space!
yeah, you can split water into hydrogen (H2) and oxygen (O2) through a process called electrolysis of water; and algae, does produce oxygen through natural processes. I think the fuel Dr Tyson was referring to burns hydrogen in the presence of oxygen, which produces water as an exhaust, also used for rockets. As for muppet of love's comment, one can make explosive hydrogen from water using electrolysis of water, so there is little they can do to regulate hydrogen
I appreciate that the public's concern is always your highest priority, Batman.
Actually, that's what happens if you a)leave the atmosphere, b)don't exceed Earth's escape velocity and c)don't circularize your orbit.
If I recall correctly, Explorer 2 left Earth's atmosphere but never reached the target orbit because of a failure in the last stage of the Juno launch vehicle. Also, technically speaking, the North American X-15 experimental plane left the atmosphere without reaching orbit.
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amazing work guys best of luck
If i had the tools and a workshop i'd be making prototypes right now! great video!
If you guys need any cheap labor, I'm a senior studying Aerospace Engineering in the States. Working on a project like this over the summer would be a dream come true!
Heh.
"Schnapps - LOX rocket."
That's funny stuff right there.
I think we need more people them those in the video. Push the boarders and explore new possibilities. Makes for a good story in this crazy world we live in every day!
Copenhagen Sub-Orbitals make freaking for being a Dane.
I just have this feeling that something amazing will come out of this project someday.
I wish them the best of luck. After looking at a lot of the videos they have and the number of sponsors; it appears the company is finding out that even suborbital space travel is not very cheap. They have a lot more technical support people than it appears in the videos. Rocketry is dangerous work, be safe. I hope you have a systems engineer keeping the project focused 35 years in the field has taught me that much.
So interesting and inspiring! You're doing some awesome work guys.
I respect the hustle.
That was pretty sweet.
Respect to those dudes.
yes, the test with the rocket engine above the space craft, was a launch escape test. If you are sitting on a rocket you want a catapult seat to save you if the booster is failing.
What an incredible and inspiring group of people!