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My Plans to Build and Launch a South African Rocket

When I researched the South African space program or our efforts to launch rockets, I was left utterly disappointed. I want to live in a country that rewards scientific innovation and provides an opportunity for anyone that wants to expand their knowledge and compete on a global level. While other countries are launching private rockets into space, South Africa is left on earth, forced to spectate and wonder how it's done. I know nothing about launching rockets so my goal is to build one from scratch and launch it. This will be on a small scale and done to inspire schools and universities to get their s**t together and start thinking bigger. Ultimately, I want to see schools and universities sending rockets up into space and competing against each other for altitude records. Building on that, I want to see South Africa launching its own satellites into orbit and contribute towards sending astronauts into space. I will be building everything from scratch and documenting how I do it and the lessons that I learn. I'll send it as high as I can to prove that anyone can start using tools from any hardware store. I know it has been done before but in a world where private companies are planning on colonising Mars, we cannot afford to be left behind. This needs to start at grassroots and inspire generations. This video was not scripted at all, so please forgive the mid-sentence corrections :).