Yeah a guy jumped from a balloon around the outter edge of our atmosphere. He free-fell for something like 12 minutes if memory serves.

[quote="Old Reliable":aeb90]there must be some type of law against this, as government employees are allowed into space. a law must be enacted so people don't try such crazy ideas and get themselves killed[/quote:aeb90]

he'll probably forget to file a flight plan and get shot down by some F-15s or the new NMD system (which will probably actually work by the time his rocket's done)

wow, u watch Daily Planet too eh? good to see i'm not the only one biggrin:
... from these forums at least

...... hake: ....ugh

he'll blow up just like the space shuttle

lol what a dumbass. hopefully he burns up and dies, then he'll serve as a warning to other dumbasses who want to build their own rocket and shoot themself into space.

I hope he does it. Would add something interesting to his otherwise boring life.

I'm a believer: he'll make it to 50 miles up and come down safely... unless
he doesn't plan everything meticulously, in which case he risks certain death.
Still, I believe...

As Mulder's poster says: I WANT TO BELIEVE. happy:

"The ultimate goal is to go straight up 50 miles. There are no plans for orbit, just to fulfill the childhood dream of a private citizen.
Orbit requires going at least 170 miles up and going 17,000 MPH around the earth.."

...oh for crying out loud hake: ....of course he'll do it...if his absolute mastery of zero-grav,
hover-vehicles and ...erm, Hydro Subs is any indication...this latest venture will be a
"piece of piss" in any mans language.

Somehow, I can't see this happening flawlessly.