Japanese aerospace sci/tech incubator HASTIC is marketing a $19,000 hobbyist rocket that can hit an altitude of one kilometer. The Camui-50P, developed by researchers at Hokkaido University, is 1.6 meters long and uses liquid oxygen as its fuel.
"(The rocket's) commercialization will have the effect of familiarizing people with space research," said HASTIC, which is selling the product.