Uganda to achieve Space Flight by 2015.

ianh · 2 Dec 2011 at 17:09

Fair play to the fella for having the ability to get people to take him seriously but somehow I can't see NASA clamouring at his door or the Chinese hacking his design secrets

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...aft-mothers-yard-says-shuttle-orbit-2015.html

Arnie · 2 Dec 2011 at 17:10

lolblax

Cosimo · 2 Dec 2011 at 17:12

"I had a dream", you’ve got to start somewhere.

Scougar · 2 Dec 2011 at 17:14

Good luck to them.

ThomasTheTankEngine · 2 Dec 2011 at 17:15

I just want to know how he's going to get it out of the garden.

Marine Iguana · 2 Dec 2011 at 17:15

Man thats gonna be a epic fireball if he makes a shuttle out of that stuff on re-entry.

Glaucus · 2 Dec 2011 at 17:16

Marine Iguana said:
Man thats gonna be a epic fireball if he makes a shuttle out of that stuff on re-entry.

That's a plane for 80000ft.
Also low earth orbit doesnt require hear shields does it. Spaceship one for example has no hear shield.
Fair play, can't see them succeeding though. But absolute quality.

Wizzfizz · 2 Dec 2011 at 17:17

I don't think he plans on coming back to be quite honest!

PermaBanned · 2 Dec 2011 at 17:19

80,000ft? That's quite the feat in itself, best of luck to them. You'll get nowhere if you don't try. My money's still with these guys though

http://www.copenhagensuborbitals.com/

HEADRAT · 2 Dec 2011 at 17:21

News from 2015 : Ugandans die horribly in aborted space shot!!

ToejaM · 2 Dec 2011 at 17:22

Natural selection and all that..

Daze · 2 Dec 2011 at 17:24

May as well say it now, R.I.P!

Skillmister · 2 Dec 2011 at 17:36

I've got a jet engine on order so I'm planning to build a tunnel, put the engine at one end and when I throw a guy in he'll float in a similar way to how he would in space.'

- Chris NSamba

Sounds technical.

Curunen · 2 Dec 2011 at 17:39

Well I guess it's a start.

I just hope they stick to lower altitudes - wouldn't want to see all that enthusiasm wasted!

Who knows, it might contribute to something 10/20 years down the line.

TNGL · 2 Dec 2011 at 17:40

I feel sorry for them.
Also, 1,000th post.

fidget · 2 Dec 2011 at 17:43

SlyReaper · 2 Dec 2011 at 18:06

Glaucus said:
That's a plane for 80000ft.
Also low earth orbit doesnt require hear shields does it. Spaceship one for example has no hear shield.
Fair play, can't see them succeeding though. But absolute quality.

Spaceship One cannot achieve orbit. Believe me, you need heatshields to re-enter from orbit.

80,000 feet sounds like a lot, but the Karman line which is recognised as the edge of space, is 100km or about 330,000 feet. So he still has a way to go.

Glaucus · 2 Dec 2011 at 18:10

SlyReaper said:
Spaceship One cannot achieve orbit. Believe me, you need heatshields to re-enter from orbit.

80,000 feet sounds like a lot, but the Karman line which is recognised as the edge of space, is 100km or about 330,000 feet. So he still has a way to go.

Space ship one reaches 100km space without using heatsheilds for re-entry.
Secondly that picture, is a plane they want to reach 80000ft as a first step, to increase their knowledge and understanding. Which will then go on to build further craft, which will reach higher altitudes.

Granted I mean space rather than LEO

SlyReaper · 2 Dec 2011 at 18:26

Yes, you can get to space without needing heatshields for re-entry, but you specifically said you don't need heatshield for re-entry from orbit. Well, you do.

Well technically you could get away without it if you had enough propellant to slow you down sufficiently before re-entry, but heatshields tend to be lighter than extra propellant.

Monkeynut · 2 Dec 2011 at 18:38

This will probably sound stupid, but to not require a heatshield, couldn't the plane/spacecraft just come in at a less steep angle? Or would they be just reentering the atmosphere for weeks?