We are almost reaching 50 “specialists” at Copenhagen Suborbitals and more people are joining us. Entering our universe is mostly a matter of dedication and if you have some sort of relevance to what we are doing.
Remember, that this is miniature manned space program – so we have all aspects from guidance software to electronics, welding to production and even simple (but yet important) tasks like clearing up and paying the bills. There is pretty much need for all sorts of skills.
During the last couple of years we have had quite a number of interns. It all started out with Jacob Hansen who studies Mechanical Engineering. He was with us for 6 months as an intern and ended his time with a launch in the Baltic Sea. Jacob is still a part of Copenhagen Suborbitals. When he came over to met us for the very first time, to talk about a possible internship, he helped us out with a small liquid propellant engine test. It blew up! - and Jacob decided that this was the place for him. The event was documented by Jacob (see video below).
We also had a couple of interns from abroad. Iain finer from New Zealand and Helene from France. It was all good times but I have to admit that the language barrier was quite a challenge. Personally I do not have an issues only expressing myself in English, but not everyone here feels the same way. Even though we all speak the language it often turns in our native tongue when chatting or debating or just drinking a cup of coffee.
At the moment we have three interns all with the skills we are looking for. For some reason they have managed to persuade their universities that it makes sense of “serving time” here. I do believe they are right. There is much to do, many tasks to be figured out by yourself and lots of interesting stuff to learn.
Sylvester started some time ago and is unfortunately already leaving us medio December. He is studying Mechanical Engineering just like Jacob.
This week interns Mathias and Danny started at Copenhagen Suborbitals and will be here for nine months. They are both studying Maritime Engineering and Technology Management. From day one they are all engaged by producing the flame deflector for vertical-test-cell 3 (VTC3) which was designed by intern Sylvester.
Having these guys at Copenhagen Suborbitals is great. This provides extra hands from early hours of the day and they quickly know about everything that is going on.
I truly hope they will all have a great stay here!
Welcome guys!
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Kristian von Bengtson
