It was only a dummy along for the ride (picture), so he wouldn't have any views on the matter - but rocket fans in Denmark must be disappointed. Their first attempt to fly their machine, the 'Tyco Brahe', failed. A puff of smoke, but definitely no lift-off! The idea of the rocket is to create a really low-cost system, which could take one passenger up into space for the (short) journey of a lifetime. Now the Kristian 'Copenhagen Suborbitals Group' will have to try again, and hope they can get their bird to fly by the middle of the month. After that the military test area they've been allowed to use will be out of bounds till next year. But, whatever, they’re not going to put anyone in their Heat-1X orbiter till they're totally sure it's OK. "That may take more than three years; it may take less than 10 years - it's difficult to say because we're not trying to kill ourselves here" says the group's Kristian von Bengtson. "We're just having fun. We'll do it when we're ready to do it." When it does happen the rocket will rise to 100 kilometres above the earth before splashing down in the Baltic Sea. It won't be a de-luxe trip - the passengers will have to half-sit and half-stand in a space not much wider than their shoulders. But they will get a great view of the earth.



Don't think I'd fancy that much!!