A rocket would be difficult and prohibitively expensive. How about a balloon? http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21929340.300-lowbudget-way-to-send-your-stu

A rocket would be difficult and prohibitively expensive. How about a balloon? http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21929340.300-lowbudget-way-to-send-your-stuff-into-space.html http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21929340.300-lowbudget... Of course that doesn't really get the thing into orbit... There are services that will send your stuff up for you on rocket launches. I don't remember specifics but I believe they start at about 10K which is pretty reasonable.