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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. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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.

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