COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Danish rocket enthusiasts hoping to send a dummy 19 miles into the sky say they aborted the launch when a valve on their rocket froze up.
A group calling itself the Copenhagen Suborbitals is attempting to launch its self-built rocket from a military test area in the Baltic Sea, the BBC reported.
As the countdown reached zero Sunday, nothing happened.After inspecting the rocket, the team found a valve controlling liquid oxygen had frozen up and did not open.
The Danish government has given the team the use of its test range until Sept. 17. If their rocket cannot fly before that date, the team will have to wait until 2011 for another chance.
The goal of the group, led by engineers Peter Madsen and Kristian von Bengtson, is to develop an ultra-cheap space launch system to take a single passenger on a short hop above the atmosphere.
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