Otte Brahe Otte Brahe Otte Brahe (; 2 October 1518 – 9 May 1571) was a Danish (Scanian) nobleman and statesman, who served on the privy council (Rigsraad, "Council of the Realm"). He was married to Beate Clausdatter Bille and was the father of astronomer Tycho Brahe. Brahe was born in Tosterup to Tyge Brahe and Sophie Rud. He was nephew of Anne Rud and Henrich Krummedige. Brahe married Beate Clausdatter Bille in 1544. Both the Brahes and the Billes were among the most powerful noble families in Denmark during their lives. Both families owned farms, forests, and land as well as
HEAT 1X Tycho Brahe successful tests of the solid fuel epoxy and the liquid oxidizer nitrous oxide, which was used in their hybrid rocket HATV ("Hybrid Atmospheric Test Vehicle"). The HATV rocket was only 1/3 size of the final rocket, HEAT. This HEAT rocket ("Hybrid Exo Atmospheric Transporter") with liquid oxygen and polyurethane, would carry the MSC ("the micro-spacecraft") above the 100 km boundary and into space. The MSC was named after Tycho Brahe, and the combination was known as the HEAT-1X TYCHO BRAHE. Gravity would then pull the MSC back to the atmosphere, where the MSC landed on water using parachutes. The first