Going to space in a homemade rocket: What you can do if you put your mind to it

The opposite is obviously true: You can't to it if you don't set your mind to it, but it takes more. Madsen and von Bengtson are brilliant and talented engineers who's applying their skills to unusual projects.

If I were to "put my mind to" building a rocket to take me into space, in the first part I'd would look like Ralph Wiggum, and in the second I'd probably blow myself and three buildings up.

Success takes will, but it also takes skill and a realistic assessment of those skills. Find out what you're good at, and execute the heck out of it. If you're not good at something, find something else to do.