Copenhagen Suborbitals Test Rocket Engine

An anonymous reader writes Copenhagen Suborbitals, the amateur manned space program, is conducting a rocket engine test today. The event is being streamed Live in HD on YouTube. The rocket engine is named BPM 2 and is a prequel to a planned series of test of the BPM 5 rocket engine currently being built. The purpose of the BPM 2 test is primarily to test a newly constructed mobile test stand and to test various fuel additives before the BPM 5 test series are to begin later in the first half of 2015.

When?

[Anonymous Coward]

Would it kill someone to let us know when this is supposed to happen? I clicked through a few links and could not find the time, and if they do not want to make it obvious then I have other things to do. They have timers all over the place, but again, they do not make it clear what they mean. They need a volunteer who can handle human interaction from us lazy, igorant folk.

Re:

[Anonymous Coward]

It depends. Right now they're replacing a LOX pressure sensor and connector that was not functioning correctly. If all goes well, I think they said 15 minutes after replacement is complete.

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[Anonymous Coward]

There's currently a ticker at the bottom of the stream. Last I checked it said "two tests have been completed, the third and final test will happen in about 20 minutes".

Amateur space program???

[Black Parrot]

I thought Copenhagen Suborbitals was a brand of pot.

Hybrid Nox/solid propellant engine

[Anonymous Coward]

It uses a Nitrous oxide injected into a solid marijuana hollow core booster to get it as high as possible.