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This analysis and the xkcd one linked below both neglect the concept of staging - which could get you higher. As a first order try you could replace the human on the bed of guns with a smaller bed of guns supporting a squirrel - now you're twice as high! Of course at that point there is nothing stopping you from reaching the moon except for your gun budget and how much unobtanium you can get for the bed connecting structure.



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