I normally refrain from writting bad about innovations appearing on Gizmag. One look tells me this is a claustrophobic flying coffin in which you won't even have room to scratch an itch. I would rather die of old age than die (what a prediction) with an itch and in a cocoon.

I hope the weight limit for this human carrying missile is more than the 70 kg (154 lbs) weight listed in the article, otherwise most Americans won't be able to have a ride ;)

I respect the minimalist philosophy that made the passenger space so small. I understand, grudgingly, the safety compromises made to keep this project affordable.
But what disqualifies the whole effort in my eyes is the inability of the rocket to deliver to any, even the lowest, orbit. This makes the key difference between a practical spacecraft, which this is not, and a vanity project, which it is.

@Freederick
Many people have seen pictures from the weather baloon suborbital flights. But seeing this in person is something very different. Other than that, I hardly see any other value in this.

I think it's great. Why spend so much when one can do it for far less. Personally I'd go for a lifting body like the Dyna-soar that could launch and land at a long airport runway or from, land on water like a seaplane has been done already. Water landing means you have lots of choices.
Because of the large area it's heat shield needs are far less.
Could be launched by a 100mph boat, rocket track, etc for more range.
While it would cost more it would be reuseable and even used to travel 1,000 miles rather fast. Hydrogen peroxide and ethanol or biodiesel or other low cost, high impulse fuel and little to maintain.

This looks more like an escape pod from an actual space traveling ship or space station than it does a "launched from the earth single person mover".

I'm not overweight but I'm too heavy to be lifted by this -- which is no matter, since I doubt my cardiologist would go for the trip even if I thought I'd remain sane until landing and wanted to try. Still -- as in the early days of manned powered-and-winged atmospheric flight, I think every attempt adds to the basic store of information. Can three or five of these boosters, once proven, be strapped together to make a heavier lifting vehicle? Surely if the current upper stage was not a semi-man-rated stage but an active upper stage they'd be able to do some science, or some business, with a 20 or 30 pound payload.

What if he gets a painful cramp? What if he needs to stretch??? This happened to me once in a car & I almost went crazy! I find this very disturbing.

@Oztechi - pssh. Most PEOPLE wouldn't meet that weight limit. girls yes, but not to many guys.

I've been following Copenhagen Suborbitals on FB for a while now....these guys REALLY know what they are doing and I'd have TOTAL confidence going up....more than once I have posted "get me off this sh*tty rock!" in reply to one of their Status Updates...this is FANTASTIC and could REALLY revolutionise the whole human-space industry. They did a live engine test the other day that they put on LiveStream, that went a bit more successfully than the SpaceX one did. (maybe the author could post a link)