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Rocket Racing Gets Its First Team

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the rednecks-of-the-sky dept.

quad4b writes to tell us Wired is reporting that the Rocket Racing League (RRL), launched last October by Granger Whitelaw and Peter Diamandis of Ansari X Prize fame, has its first official team. "Leading Edge Rocket Racing" was launched by entrepreneurs and former F-16 pilots Don "Dagger" Grantham and Robert "Bobaloo" Rickard who see this as the "next great flying experience."

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  1. But "Team Rocket"? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    They weren't even that good at catching Pokemon.

  2. And the nominations for the Darwin Awards are.... by TheNoxx · · Score: 4, Funny

    TFA.

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  3. Re:Not going to work by TubeSteak · · Score: 4, Informative
    no popular "airplane racing" sport to speak of
    Define popular.

    http://www.airrace.org/racingClasses.php

    Those nutjobs go out and fly anywhere from 200~500 mph around a course. And they have fans.
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