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In garages and garden sheds from Los Angeles to Lanarkshire, hundreds of enthusiasts are pursuing an extraordinary hobby – building rockets. These home-made missiles range from six-inch models made from cigar tubes to sophisticated 30-feet constructions fuelled by liquid oxygen and kerosene that are almost capable of penetrating the atmosphere. Some amateur rocketeers fly their machines just for fun, others have a more serious purpose. Abandoning all trappings of a normal life, these dedicated followers of mission control are competing to launch the first amateur rocket into space, and win an astronomical cash prize. One factor unites these obsessives of countdown, blast-off and size. They are all men. Encounters orbits the earth in search of the boys with explosive toys.

Programme Information

  • Genre: Factual

  • Subgenre: Science

  • Producers: MIDDLEMARCH FILMS LTD

  • Broadcaster: n/a

  • Duration: 1 x 52'

  • Tags: Science Experiment Rocket

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