Substitutes like Prince Harry are everywhere.
Take Jim Desforges.
An aeronautical engineer, he finished two rows behind Thomas Pesquet in the race for the stars and has therefore never been able to go on a few rounds of the world at thousands of kilometers of altitude by sharing his soups in sachets with Chinese, Russians and Americans.
Never mind, this inveterate stubborn decided to build his own rocket to launch the first amateur manned space flight in history.
Supported by his grandmother, assisted by a friend who looks like a Geo Trouvetou capable of inventing a revolutionary fuel, he built his project in the secrecy of his (large) barn for eight years.
Until the day when he must rely on real professional skills to make the dream come true.
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And here is a former astronaut who has already breathed extraterrestrial air, and a young mathematician who allow themselves to be convinced.
Then soon Jim's former chef at Ariane.
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