The Verge reports how ordinary people are funding a new wave of rocket and satellite missions.

The video features Zac Manchester KD2BHC from the Kicksat project, Peter Platzer of ArduSat and Rouslan Dimitrov of SkyCube.

There is also a report on Copenhagen Suborbitals who are building a rocket to carry a human to the edge of space and back.

Watch the video and read the story at http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/31/3929342/the-stars-on-a-shoestring-amateurs...

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