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Rocket man aims to get record back

Amateur rocket engineer Ben Jarvis from Norfolk wants to break the European altitude record - currently 70,000ft - about 13 miles (21km).

The rocket he's building will be able to reach 2,000 mph (3,200 km/h) in one second.

In 2000 he broke the European altitude record, achieving a record height of 30,000ft (9,144m), but a team from the Netherlands recently broke that record and now he wants it back.

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