Amateurs in Space is a story about Peter Madsen (42) and Kristian von Bengtson (39) both working hard to make their dream come true. They are busy building a spaceship that must be able to take a man into space. Peter is the astronaut on the first trip. Peter and Kristian are standing in an old dirty workshop at Refshaleøen in Copenhagen where they are building their spaceship. Kristian arrives every day at 9.15 A.M. when he has dropped off his children at the daycare. Just before arriving at the workshop he sends an text to Peter to tell him he is on his way. This gives Peter just enough time to roll out of his berth from under the spaceship and get dressed. Peter Madsen is a self-taught submarine builder specializing in making the impossible happen. He is responsible for the booster part that is supposed to take the spacecraft out of Earth’s atmosphere. Kristian von Bengtson has previously worked for NASA and is responsible for building the actual spacecraft that is to take Peter into space – and back home again. Everything in the spacecraft’s structure is homemade and the materials are all bought at the local DIY shop. The two of them have established the association Copenhagen Suborbitals (CS) and have associated a team of volunteers working evenings and weekends. Their goal is suborbital flight. 100 kilometers into space and then back again thanks to the force of gravity. Their first trial launch was in 2010. In this instance the spacecraft stayed on the launching pad. The following year it did fly – but horizontally. Last year the association had its major breakthrough. The spacecraft took off vertically and was steered upwards by homemade computer software. Kristian, Peter and their team of volunteers have now designed the final version of the spacecraft and given it the name HEAT 1600. The construction work is in full swing and they are aiming for a test flight in 2015.