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Danish Rocket Men Eye Manned Space Launch (and Record Books)

Nearly forty years after Yuri Gagarin became the first person in outer space, Denmark is set to become the fourth nation ever to put a man into orbit (following Russia, the U.S., and China). More importantly, however, they are doing it without government funding, and, if successful, will be the first nation in history to do so. The team, the Copenhagen Suborbitals, is made up of Danish ...

Man Plans to Shoot Himself into the Sky With a Rocket

If you think stuff like 'Jackass' and the 'X Games' is extreme, you clearly haven't met Mr. Bob Maddox. Maddox, who makes his living as a cabinetmaker and artist in Medford, Oregon, has done plenty of skydiving in his day -- several thousand jumps, in fact. Now he intends to strap himself to a four-engine pulse jet rocket about 25,000 feet into the air, jump off at the peak, and parachute to ...