Tuesday, October 04, 2005

X-Prize man launches rocket race!


Peter Diamandis, the man behind the $10m X-Prize for suborbital space travel, has brought forward his new initiative: the Rocket Racing League.
The RRL will see Grand Prix-style races between rocket planes, flown by top pilots through a "3D trackway" just 5,000ft (1,500m) above the ground.

The first "X-Racers" will be built for the series, but it is hoped new teams will soon enter with novel designs.

Events will be staged across the US, culminating in a final in New Mexico.

Of course it will Mr. Diandis, of course it will.....

3 comments:

  1. This could be more interesting than nascar... imagine the crashes!

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  2. CNET has more pics, including one of the prototype racers...

    Link Here

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  3. How the heck will they film those things?

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