Rocket man: Steve Bennett is a man with a mission: he aims to pilot a rocket he has built on a journey into space. After that, he'd like to make space travel a reality for ordinary people. Liz Scarff talks to the British rocketeer with high ambitions. (Geographical interview). From: Geographical | Date: August 1, 2002| Author: Scarff, Liz | COPYRIGHT 2002 Campion Interactive Publishing Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

AN UNASSUMING FACTORY TUCKED AWAY in the small village of Hyde, near Manchester, is not the most likely base for a unique project looking to revolutionise space travel. The factory, complete with mission control and bits of rockets and cockpit paraphernalia lying around, could easily be mistaken for the props warehouse of Buck Rogers or Thunderbirds: But there are no ray-guns, no spandex jumpsuits, and not a robotic side-kick in sight.

Inside, this vision of chaos belies...