Not exactly Nasa!

papa smurf · 03-12-2011, 09:59

Not exactly Nasa! Ugandan space chief builds test craft in his mother's muddy back yard (and you'll never believe his plans for zero gravity training)

'I've got a jet engine on order so I'm planning to build a tunnel, put the engine at one end and when I throw a guy in he'll float in a similar way to how he would in space.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1fSqRlMkU

sounds really well thought out

**Kymmy** · 03-12-2011, 10:03

Sirius · 03-12-2011, 10:15

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Originally Posted by papa smurf

Not exactly Nasa! Ugandan space chief builds test craft in his mother's muddy back yard (and you'll never believe his plans for zero gravity training)

'I've got a jet engine on order so I'm planning to build a tunnel, put the engine at one end and when I throw a guy in he'll float in a similar way to how he would in space.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1fSqRlMkU

sounds really well thought out

Is it April 1st already

papa smurf · 03-12-2011, 10:36

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Originally Posted by Sirius

Is it April 1st already

you won't be laughing in 20 years when a Ugandan satellite falls out of the sky [or as i like to call it two oil drums welded togeather with a dab radio inside ]

Lord Nikon · 04-12-2011, 22:22

Hope he mounts the jet engine the right way round....

Then again, if he doesn't then he'll have a new way to make bulk quantities of salsa...

Halcyon · 04-12-2011, 23:26

Fair play to him for having a dream but how he is going to launch his aircraft and get it into space I have to wonder.