Today I learned of the existence of Copenhagen Suborbitals , the "world's only manned, amateur space program". From their website:

Since 2011, we’ve built and flown 5 homebuilt rockets and space capsules from a ship in the Baltic Sea , and some day one of us will fly into space. It’s all crowdfunded and nonprofit , and has only come this far because people all over the world donate money that pay the materials, tools and rent. Our goal is simple: To fly an amateur astronaut into space and safely back . It’s a unique dream and we can’t think of a more fun and exciting project. When Edmund Hillary was asked why he wanted to climb Mount Everest he replied: “Because it’s there".