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Rocket Guy Getting Closer - But No Firm Launch Date

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Slashdotted 3 minutes after story is posted? by moonbender · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Can't access it. Just me, or is the site slashdotted barely 3 minutes after the story is posted?!
    Oh well, bad pun incoming, he could also use his propellor head to levitate. Heh.

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  2. good time by Papa+Legba · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Well he is making pretty good process.

    Frankly if this was me I would still be in the "picking out the liquer to make this seem like a good idea" stage of the development. Not liquer for the conceptual and building part, that would be fun, but for the get into it and ride it part.

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  3. Slashdotted by LordoftheFrings · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Wow, that host was really R.U.S.Hed to slashdottedness.

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  4. Look to Google's Cache.... by flogger · · Score: 0, Redundant

    If a site is /.ed, don't forget Google Cache.
    Here for the main story.
    And here for the parenthetical article.

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  5. again by octane097 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Teh Slashdot Effect

  6. robustness by Mr2cents · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I sure hope his rocket is a bit more robust than his website..

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  7. Re:Not the first amateur astronaut... by GigsVT · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Wow, the chinese invented the lawn chair stunt

    This just goes to show how biased american reports are, trying to make it out like the US invented everything. First the TV and now this.

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  8. Re:Not the first amateur astronaut... by Swixster · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It exploded and he died. Call me pestimistic but....ummm....geee...good luck.

  9. Re:Not the first amateur astronaut... by Uberminky · · Score: 1, Redundant

    And thus, as the parent poster says, he made it. ;)

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  10. Slashdotted by rblancarte · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Can't keep his web site up and running and expects to be able to launch a rocket into space?!?!? Yea right.

    RonB

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