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Catching Up With The Rocket Guy
Jedi Holocron writes "The full article is at Space.Com and reports on the current status of Brian "Rocket Guy" Walker's home-brew space program. This is the guy who is planning to build a rocket in his backyard, funded by his toy inventions. He's scaled back from an X-Prize launch to a mere 15,000 feet with a sky-diving return. This could be the next ride installed next to Disney's Mission:Space if he has his way!!! All told he's now calling it an amateur rocket, however it doesn't look like the model rockets I remember."
I imagine is shooting him out of the top with a parachute on his back the way that an Estes does.
There's some equipment you might need when you catch up with him. For example, this might be useful. And to load him up, you might need one of these. Of course, to be truly prepared, make sure you have access to plenty of these and some of this.
If tits were wings it'd be flying around.
I thought *he* was the rocket man?
In carting the rocket on a truck around town, Walker said he hangs a simple right to bear arms sign on the back: "I take my second amendment rights real seriously."
If I owned one of these I could change my bumper to stick to read "My rocket has killed less people than Ted Kennedy's car" That would be sweet.
It's hard to believe that's how Micronians are made. Why don't we see it right now by having you both kiss one another?
I'm a professional ninja/robot.
Anyone up for a game over the Rockies?
Are you sure the Rocket Guy is not trying to catch up with the road runner?
A cheaply reusable rocket would allow for more moderately wealthy people taking the greatest vacation of all.
I doubt those moderately wealthy folks will quite understandnd what they are in for when they sign up for "the big vacation in the sky."
He's got a centrifuge, he's mixing his own rocket fuel, he's made rockets capable of reaching several miles. This guy is clearly a terrorist! Someone, quickly, alert homeland security!
... if it were in a Volcano *muhahahahaha*
Really though, his setup is extremely cool. But how much cooler would it all be
"ten million isn't much, these days"
Spare some change, mister?