As with most young boys I always had a fascination with Space, so much so that if I had access to a time machine one of the first places I would visit is July 24, 1969 at exactly 16:50:35 UTC and watch the Moon Landings live, just to see the awe on peoples faces and share their excitement as mankind within just over 60 years had gone from the first powered flight to winning the ultimate battle with the Earths gravity, leaving its atmosphere and stepping foot on a new world.

There is something romantic about space flight, maybe because all the adventures on Earth are already completed, and it is in our very make up to want to explore and question.

After all The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, commonly known as the Royal Society who’s presidents have been some of the greatest minds know to mankind such as Sir Christopher Wren, Sir Isaac Newton, and Sir Ernest Rutherford, very motto was Nullius in verba (Take nobody’s word for it.)

Therefore we must always question and push boundaries, and it is with this sprit of scientific discovery that I aim to start my own little Space Race.

Of course I do not have NASA budgets, not that NASA even have NASA budgets any more, therefore getting something into orbit is impossible, however I can put my ‘command module’ to around 110,000 ft or around 20 miles from the surface of the Earth.

My multiple entry and reentry space ship or as it is more commonly know will be called Isaac Newton after all it was his theory of gravity which gave us the very name of the force I must do battle with.

Not content with the simple home space mission I have seen, I aim to build a complete module from scratch to my own design, which due to the weight of it, a estimated 11.2lbs or 5kg, will require a weather ballon that will expand to almost 40ft in diameter just before it bursts, and will also require a 36 foot parachute that has been tested to Mach 1 terminal velocity speeds.

But if everything goes to plan it will be worth it with 4 different HD 1080 cameras mounted within the module, all recording to smart cards to prevent data being lost in the event of a crash landing.

I will in the not to distant future (This coming week) post a complete break down of components, price and detailed specification of my own multiple flight and reentry ship.

However I will leave you with images of the design for a bit of a teaser, and hopefully get someone else involved in building their own so we can have a mini Space Race between ourselves.