The N-Prize is an insanely cool competition to test if you can
launch something small into space.
The website says
The N-Prize is a cash prize of £9, 999.99 (nine thousand, nine
hundred and ninety-nine pounds and ninety-nine pence, sterling),
which will be awarded to the first person or group to put into
orbit, around the Earth, a satellite with a mass of between 9.99
and 19.99 grams, and to prove that it has completed at least 9
orbits. The cost of the launch (but not ground facilities) must
fall within a budget of £999.99. Imaginative use of string and
chewing gum is encouraged. Entrants are responsible for everything,
organisers are responsible for nothing.
It would be really interesting to see if this is going to be won
at all or anyone who tries it will be deemed a "dangerous threat to
national security" and then arrested 
clicky here for details => The N-Prize
