Tycho Brahe as some had believed in his time. Tycho was born as heir to several of Denmark's most influential noble families and in addition to his immediate ancestry with the Brahe and the Bille families, he also counted the Rud, Trolle, Ulfstand, and Rosenkrantz families among his ancestors. Both of his grandfathers and all of his great grandfathers had served as members of the Danish king's Privy Council. His paternal grandfather and namesake Thyge Brahe was the lord of Tosterup Castle in Scania and died in battle during the 1523 Siege of Malmö during the Lutheran Reformation Wars. His maternal grandfather
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