{"id":6614,"date":"2014-02-24T13:10:12","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T13:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6614"},"modified":"2014-02-24T13:18:58","modified_gmt":"2014-02-24T13:18:58","slug":"copenhagen-suborbitals-co-founder-kristian-von-bengtson-leaving-cs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6614","title":{"rendered":"Copenhagen Suborbitals: Co-founder Kristian von Bengtson leaving CS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.copenhagensuborbitals.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Copenhagen Suborbitals<\/a>\u00a0DIY rocket and space organization suffered a big blow this weekend when co-founder\u00a0Kristian von Bengtson announced his resignation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.copenhagensuborbitals.com\/pressrelease_cs_23022014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Kristian von Bengtson is leaving Copenhagen Suborbitals (pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/translate.google.com\/translate?sl=da&amp;tl=en&amp;js=n&amp;prev=_t&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fing.dk%2Fartikel%2Fkristian-von-bengtson-forlader-dansk-raketprojekt-166530&amp;act=url\" target=\"_d\">Kristian von Bengtson leaving Danish rocket project &#8211; The Engineer (Google Translate)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Von Bengston cited conflicts with the other co-founder,\u00a0Peter Madsen, as making it untenable for him to stay. He was clearly a major source of ideas and energy for the group. (See his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/rocketshop\" target=\"_blank\">blog at Wired<\/a>.) \u00a0It will be interesting to see if they can sustain their momentum without him as they try to continue the projects currently underway, including the launch of the big HEAT-2X rocket this summer, and towards their long term goal of a manned suborbital spaceflight.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong>: Here is a statement (somewhat garbled by the translator) from Peter Madsen:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/translate.google.com\/translate?sl=da&amp;tl=en&amp;js=n&amp;prev=_t&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fing.dk%2Fblog%2Fvi-skal-fortsaette-166537&amp;act=url\" target=\"_d\">We must continue! &#8211; The Engineer (Google Translate)<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Copenhagen Suborbitals\u00a0DIY rocket and space organization suffered a big blow this weekend when co-founder\u00a0Kristian von Bengtson announced his resignation: Kristian von Bengtson is leaving Copenhagen Suborbitals (pdf) Kristian von Bengtson leaving Danish rocket project &#8211; The Engineer (Google Translate) Von Bengston cited conflicts with the other co-founder,\u00a0Peter Madsen, as making it untenable for him to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6614\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Copenhagen Suborbitals: Co-founder Kristian von Bengtson leaving CS<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,35,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-diy-space","category-space-participation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1IG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6965,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6965","url_meta":{"origin":6614,"position":0},"title":"Copenhagen Suborbitals: Updated website","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 18, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Copenhagen Suborbitals\u00a0has a revamped\u00a0website.\u00a0The group aims to launch their biggest rocket yet, the HEAT-2X this summer: \u00a0CS co-founder and co-leader Kristian von Bengtson\u00a0recently split\u00a0from the organization in a dispute with the other founder Peter Madsen. 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