Wubbo Ockels, 68), inventor of superbus, died

Posted on 18-05-2014 at 13:00 by sir_smokalot – 16 Comments”

Wubbo Ockels; astronaut, inventor, visionary, and for the young petrolhead, perhaps most known for his Superbus project, it is not more.

In the years ’80 was Ockels’ star is rising. He rose, literally and figuratively, to great heights as the first Dutch bemmaningslid of a space shuttle. After his active days as the astronaut explained, Using on all sorts of innovative projects, often with an ecological slant, including the so-called Superbus, a huge elongated hogesnelheidsvoertuig is most famous for.

We interviewed him at the time during the presentation, the video can be found HERE. Sadly, he eventually, after a very eventful life against the cancer, Wubbo Ockels passed away this morning just after eleven o’clock at the age of 68 in an Amsterdam hospital.