Space!
By Nicole Kobie in Editorial
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I need to start being frugal, and save up some cash. (My creditors would argue I should already have this attitude…). Why? In 2013, Steve Bennett hopes to have his independent space rocket up and running and ready for passengers… passengers with a spare £100,000 kicking around for a ticket, anyway.
Bennett showed off the latest version of his space rocket (video here at the BBC), which he hopes to test launch in September. And if jetting off into the sky wasn’t cool enough, the Nova II (as it’s been dubbed) runs off of recycled tires.
I’m not sure how sturdy the thing is, or if it’ll even work. Or if a rocket can indeed run off of old tires. But £100,000 for 20 minutes in space sounds like a pretty good deal to me. Of course, on my journo-salary, we’ll all be living on the moon by the time I can save up enough…
One lucky kid will get to press the launch button in September, after a tour of schools to inspire kids into science and techie subjects. Is my advanced age of 26 too old to be considered a kid? ‘Cause how cool would that be…
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