Last night, Peter Madsen and I had a great time at the UN building at the World Technology Award 2011. As written in my previous blog post Copenhagen Suborbitals were nominated in the category “Space Corporate” together with fellow nominees: Canadian Space Agency, GeoEye, Sierra Nevada Corporation and SpaceX.
Some of the previous winners are Peter Diamandis, Elon Musk, X-Pize Foundation, Burt Rutan, Phoenix Mars Lander Team. If you, dear reader, have any interest in space or just technology I guess you know these corporations and personalities already. If not, make yourself a nice cup of coffee, google them and let your self be inspired by their great achievements.
Copenhagen Suborbitals didn’t win the award 2011. It went to SpaceX. A corporation led by Elon Musk which has been one of the biggest sources of inspiration to both me and Peter Madsen. SpaceX naturally deserves such a prize and we salute the decision of the award committee.
We are proud to have been nominated and it was great being here in NYC and experience a high roller ceremony miles from the world we live in, both geographically and in life style.
A reason why we gave the World Technology Award our priority was that we find it truly great to be saluted for doing things most people tell us not to do. For me personally it’s important to be far out on the edge where there is no going back and you and your team must twist your mind and expand it everyday to fulfill a dream.
If you take on a challenge you already know how to solve you will probably experience a result which is not particularly satisfying or mind expanding. However, if you give yourself a tough challenge that makes you sleep badly or give you bad nerves you are truly on the right path.
In a few hours I will be flying back to the old country and back to work. I will leave the suit and black tie in a box somewhere and find my proper work gear. I think the welding machine has been off and cold for long enough.
Ad Astra
Kristian von Bengtson
