[Tired of Taxes]

Ha! And I've been snickering at my six-year-old son's plan to build his own rocket. When I explained that he'd have to study and then work for NASA, he said, "No, we can just go shopping at Home Depot." Maybe the kid is right.

[r9etb]

Maybe the kid is right.

In a sense he is right. You really can build most of the necessary stuff from readily-available materials and get to some sort of orbit.

The cost comes when you start trying for high performance, precision, reliability, and (for manned flight) getting the crew home alive.