Space.com:
On 12 August, Copenhagen Suborbitals, a nonprofit group funded
by private donations and sponsorships, launched a homemade
space capsule to test the capsule's safety systems. The capsule
was launched from a floating platform in the Baltic Sea using
the Launch Escape System (LES). The LES would normally be used
to separate the capsule from a malfunctioning rocket. However,
the LES spun out of control, and the capsule crashed into the
water because it was released too low for the parachutes to
deploy properly. Nevertheless, the Copenhagen Suborbitals team
was pleased with the test; they believe they are much closer to
their goal of inexpensive suborbital human spaceflight.
