Rocket Racing coming in 2007
5th Oct 2005, 11:43 GMT
The X Prize was a huge success at re-energizing public attitude towards space travel and in giving NASA a much needed kick in the a$$. But with the prize won, what is Peter Diamandis to do next? Easy, rocket racing! He is developing a league complete with TV rights, video games, merchandize, and of course, the X-Racers — rocket planes which will blast into mad vertical assaults and cheek-rippling high-speed turns. By 2007, Peter imagines 10 X-Racers launching side-by-side with the help of 1,800-pound-thrust, kerosene hungry engines. These engines should squeeze out about four minutes of boost and 12 minutes of glide topping out at about 300 miles per hour — they will even have the ability to make a “quick pit stop” to refuel. Pilots will navigate the virtual racetrack projected as a tunnel onto a heads-up display while viewers at home will see the rockets superimposed onto the virtual course just like that yellow first-down-line you see while watching American Football. Natch, there will be plenty of live, emotive shots from the cockpit and via wing mounted cameras. A regular Nascar (without the chaw) for bizilionaires. Can’t wait until 2007? Then get on over to the X Prize Cup in New Mexico next Sunday where a prototype EZ-Rocket will be showcased. Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments © 2005 Weblogs, Inc. SPONSORED BY: Fable: The Lost Chapters. Now On PC. Enter a world where every choice changes your fate. Enhanced graphics, new journeys, good or evil-how will you choose to play?
Rocket Racing coming in 2007 related news:
- X Prize Founder Launches Rocket Racing League — Slashdot: Science
- Rocket Racing League — Luxist: Wings
- 'Rocket Racing League' Gets Its Start — wnbc.com - Technology
- 'Rocket Racing League' Unveiled — NBC 17 - Technology
- Rocket Racing coming in 2007 — Engadget
- 'Star Wars' NASCAR? Get ready for rocket racing — CNN.com Recently Published/Updated
- ‘Rocket racing league’ gets its start — MSNBC.com: Technology & Science
- ‘Rocket racing league’ unveiled — MSNBC.com: Technology & Science
- Rocket racers to fight for prize — CBBC Newsround | Sci/Tech
- Rocket Races. Bring Earplugs. — Red Herring
Latest news from Engadget:
- TA 454 Digital Video Player brings video on a 1.5-inch screen
- Apple's "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" ads cross the Pacific
- How-To: Build your own HD projector (Part 4)
- PS3 unboxing!
- Icuiti unveils AV230 head-mounted display
- Toshiba kicks out sexy new Portege M500 ultraportable
- PNY and Olympus team up to release 2GB xD-Picture Card
- Moto Q in Black hits the Great White North
- Cingular's Samsung BlackJack i607, announced and reviewed
- Microsoft's war waged with FairUse4WM