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Asked by Navneet😊 to Andrew, Kathryn on 19 Jun 2018. This question was also asked by claudia, 334spcn39.
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Kathryn Burrows answered on 19 Jun 2018:
I don’t know but I think it takes many years, especially if you include designing and testing it as well as constructing it.
The NPL water rockets [see my profile page] do not quite reach space and they only take an hour or so to build. ; )
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Andrew Margetts-Kelly answered on 19 Jun 2018:
Depends of how big you dream. You can:
Make a water bottle rocket …(fly to 20m)………………………………. 10 years
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Andrew commented on :
Oh no, it cut the answer short 🙁
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Depends of how big you dream. You can:
Make a water bottle rocket …(fly to 20m)………………………………. 10 years
Andrew commented on :
Please delete that one too 🙁
Andrew commented on :
Third attempt at a fuller answer 🙂
Depends of how big you dream. You can:
Make a water bottle rocket (fly to 20m) – 1 hour
Assemble a small model rocket (fly to 50m) – 2 hours
Assemble a big model rocket (fly to 500m) – 5 hours
Make a black powder rocket from scratch (fly to 1km) – 3 days
Assemble a huge staged model rocket (fly to 5km) – 2 weeks
Assemble a massive staged model rocket (fly to 20km) – 4 months
Design/build a sounding rocket (fly to 100km [space]) – 1 years
Design/build a rocket capable of reaching orbit – 4 years
Reaching orbit with humans on board – over 10 years