Rocket Guy Getting Closer - But No Firm Launch Date

Posted by timothy on Monday May 27, 2002 @12:13PM from the check-out-the-napkin-art dept.

BoomZilla writes "Brian Walker, the self styled "Rocket Guy" is making excellent progress with his one-man booster. Project R.U.S.H. plans to launch Brian in to orbit 'sometime later this year'. Brian's site (http://www.rocketguy.com/rocket.html) has many excellent pictures of the rocket and launch site (his backyard!) under construction. This is certainly the real (if somewhat dangerous) deal." (And Napkin Art? Look here.) Update: 05/29 04:08 GMT by T : Brian Walker dropped a note to point out that his plan is actually for a sub-orbital flight 35 miles up, not Earth orbit.

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Not going into orbit by mikosullivan · 2002-05-27 12:59 · Score: 5, Informative

He's not planning on going into orbit, or even into space. From his page (Google cached version):
The goal is to go straight up 30 miles. There are no plans for orbit, just to set the altitude record for a private citizen.

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