Dear readers,
I am happy to announce that Copenhagen Suborbitals was awarded The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) Breitling Milestone Award 2013.
Peter and I were invited to the event in Kuala Lumpur, but I became sick and Peter went with our PR-guy Mads instead. So, on behalf of Copenhagen Suborbitals, Peter Madsen will bring back home the 8 kg trophy.
The jury gave this statement for the decision:
"Copenhagen Suborbitals have achieved an outstanding performance and contribution to astronautics by designing, building and launching the world’s first amateur built full size rocket with full computer control and steering – based completely upon amateurs and donations.
The results has been achieved from nothing – and this has demanded the highest level of vision, patience, and creativity, organizational and technical skills in different areas from computer programming to economics and funding.
The way of thinking, working and the way of sharing information in aeronautics has never been seen before, and can change the way we interact with others and the way we travel in space."
This award is truly a team effort.. Congrats to everyone.
Ad Astra
Kristian von Bengtson
