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Rocket-Powered Helicopter Pack is an Aerospace Masterpiece

Jetpacks are great, but never could they reach the levels of ridiculousness this strap-on helicopter provides with its rocket-powered rotor blades. The pack is powered by two hydrogen fuel canisters and the rockets at the end of the blades negate the need for a tail rotor. It's entirely possible this is just a drawing that will never actually get made. But as DVICE points out, Tecnologia Aeroespacial Mexicana, the firm that designed this, made an actual prototype of their last jetpack. So I'm holding my breath for some trial videos to hit YouTube. [Tecnologia Aeroespacial Mexicana via DVICE]

7:44 PM on Thu May 1 2008
By Adrian Covert
3,885 views, 37 comments

Latest by hypereric: @Fzzt: I do have to wonder about the auto-rotation abilities of tip jet helicopters... seems the extra drag of the rockets on the end would negate alot of the free spinning of the blades. more »

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Europe Kicks Off Saturday Night With A Rocket Launch

Europeans sure know how to celebrate a Saturday night! While I spent the good part of Happy Hour knocking back shots, our cousins from across the ocean shot a satellite up into space. The Giove-B satellite, a demonstrator that will test key technologies needed in satellite navigation systems, ascended to the heavens at 22:16 GMT. More »

9:30 PM on Sat Apr 26 2008
By Elaine Chow
1,961 views, 8 comments

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Shepherd Sues Russian Space Agency For Dropped Rocket Debris

Boris Urmatov, a Russian shepherd, is claiming $42,000 (that's one million roubles) from Roskosmos for dropping a 10-foot-long chunk of rocket in his yard. Apparently it just missed his outdoor toilet— we're hoping he wasn't in there at the time. The poor chap's village in the Altai region lies beneath the flight path of rockets launched from the Cosmodrome at Baikonur, so he may actually have a case. The space agency seems relaxed about it all: according to a spokesman "They fly, they fall, they fly, they fall. It's how they work." More »

12:06 PM on Wed Mar 26 2008
By Kit Eaton
2,374 views, 19 comments

Latest by Bokusatsu_Tenshi: After that military drunk-driving-russian-tank-demolishes -your-house case, I think Boris will be lucky if the Russian Space Agency don't just laugh at his face and drop even more rocket droppings on his property just for fun... more »

question of the day

What should the X-Wing Guys Build Next?

So the X-Wing rocket project failed (albeit in a spectacular manner), leaving its dedicated group of hobbyists back at square one. If you could choose what they decide to send up in the air next, what would it be? Don't like the options in the poll? Submit your own choice in the comments. More »

12:00 PM on Tue Oct 9 2007
By Adrian Covert
6,915 views, 73 comments

Latest by banmojo: I think a helium balloon 'Serenity' mockup would ROCK!! more »

Here's a video of last weekends Rocketbelt convention in Niagara Falls, amazingly no one blew up.[Google Video]

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Take a Le Trip into Space - a Snip at $266,000

Lance Bass's trip into space cost him around $20 million, but the European space agency EADS is offering people—and rich ones at that—the chance of a quick one-and-a-half hour blast into space. The trips, starting in 2012, will cost around 200,000 euros—and will give punters the thrill of experiencing three to five minutes of weightlessness at the height of their journey. More »

7:35 AM on Thu Jun 14 2007
By Addy Dugdale
4,292 views, 21 comments

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Rocket-powered Truck Leaps Across Continents

Boss Hog woulda had no trouble gittin' Luke and Bo if he was driving one of these. Created by head of Orion Propulsion, Tim Pickens, (who also created the rocket-powered bike), this truck is powered by a 2,750-pound thrust nitrus oxide rocket. But wait, it gets better. The engine is controlled using a handheld gaming controller (we wonder which controller he used) and dash-mounted LCDs let the driver and lucky passenger watch the engine as it propels them straight to their death. The pick up, which is the only kind of pick up we'd ever want to drive, was shown at the Wirelfly X Prize Cup this past weekend. Click ahead for a bonus video of the rocket in action. It's worth it. – Louis Ramirez More »

12:10 PM on Mon Oct 23 2006
By Louis Ramirez
587 views, 33 comments

Latest by aec007: All physics aside, it's make passing on the freeway a lot easier... Just make sure you don't singe the donut of the CHP behind you. more »