{"id":3073,"date":"2013-06-29T06:06:38","date_gmt":"2013-06-29T06:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3073"},"modified":"2013-06-29T06:06:38","modified_gmt":"2013-06-29T06:06:38","slug":"copenhagen-suborbitals-sea-going-platform-for-the-big-rockets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3073","title":{"rendered":"Copenhagen Suborbitals: Sea-going platform for the big rockets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kristian von Bengtson of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.copenhagensuborbitals.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Copenhagen Suborbitals<\/a> writes about the challenges of building a sea platform for their full-sized rockets for suborbital space flights: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2013\/06\/pimp-my-platform\/\" target=\"_d\">Pimp My Platform &#8211; Wired Science\/Wired.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/copenhagensuborbitals.com\/contentgfx\/sputnik_heat1600_tdsII_large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3074\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=3074\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/sputnik_heat1600_tdsII_281x400.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"281,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sputnik_heat1600_tdsII_281x400\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/sputnik_heat1600_tdsII_281x400.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3074\" alt=\"sputnik_heat1600_tdsII_281x400\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/sputnik_heat1600_tdsII_281x400.jpg\" width=\"281\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/sputnik_heat1600_tdsII_281x400.jpg 281w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/sputnik_heat1600_tdsII_281x400-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><\/a><em>Launch platform Sputnik added extra hull holding HEAT1600\/TDSII.<br \/>\nImage: Carsten Bang<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kristian von Bengtson of Copenhagen Suborbitals writes about the challenges of building a sea platform for their full-sized rockets for suborbital space flights: Pimp My Platform &#8211; Wired Science\/Wired.com Launch platform Sputnik added extra hull holding HEAT1600\/TDSII. 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