Top Gear workers, in partnership with engineers at The Rocket Men, have managed to piece together a space shuttle mockup from a Reliant Robin, which is a nice enough little car for mucking around town, but not much in the way of payload or for circling the globe in a near-earth orbit.
The whole effort took place during just four months and included wheels, wings, solid rocket boosters, tons of fuel, and a huge helping of inspiration. One close look at this contraption and you’d swear that it wouldn’t go from 0 to 60 at all, let alone get off the ground.
Still, the engineers made it work, if only for a short time. It took off much better than it landed, as you see, although it did garner the latest award for the largest rocket flown in the U.K.
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