Rocket Science on Two Wheels

dstone writes "Tim Pickens, president of Orion Propulsion, the rocket design firm behind SpaceShipOne, has designed a bicycle-mounted 200-pound-thrust rocket engine that will allow a bicycle to accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 5 seconds. From the article: 'The rocket bike employs the same hybrid rocket technology as the suborbital rocket plane SpaceShipOne, whose propulsion system Pickens helped design. [...] The engineer's next project is to build a company car: a pickup truck with a removable 2,000-pound-thrust rocket strapped into the bed.'"

Comments

Re:0-60 in 5 secs

[ozmanjusri]

this is pretty average for motorbikes

Perhaps, but your average motorcycle doesn't incinerate the Hyundai Excel that's been tailgating you for the past six traffic lights.

Re:Now thats cool

[ObsessiveMathsFreak]

Am I the only person left that likes to see a bit of dare devil in the people that try and push the boundaries.?

No. As a firm proponent of continuing human evolution, the strengthening of the whole human gene pool through the removal of the dare devil stupidity gene both entertains and reassures me.