Copenhagen Suborbitals, an amateur space program, is building a rocket to go to low orbit. Copenhagen Suborbitals' rocket is called Spica, and it would be the first manned spacecraft ever made in the third sector, according to the website. The engine team is beginning to make the first components for the engine," Stenfatt said. They're also aware that they're competing against big players like the US, Russia, China, and India, who are counting on state resources for their space programs. "We will make Denmark the fourth nation to bring a person into space when we succeed," he said.

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