[ryanac]

Some of those "hobbyists" at Copenhagen Suborbitals are former NASA contractors and they have been working on that project since May 2008, so I think his main point still stands.

It also looks like they're still doing a lot of testing on active guidance systems, rather than trying to put a human up any time soon.

You can see their plans for the rest of this year under Campaigns > 2012 on their main site: http://www.copenhagensuborbitals.com