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Rocket Men

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the excellent-reason-to-go-into-traction dept.

theodp writes "Slate reports on the guys who really, really want to fly, who got together the other week at the Niagara Aerospace Museum for the First International Rocketbelt Convention. To date, only 11 men in history have free-flown a rocketbelt (aka JetPack). More men have walked on the moon. Why? 'It's not a matter of if you get hurt, it's when,' says Eric Scott, an ex-stuntman who's in the exclusive club."

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  1. How many people have flown a jetpack? by Brad1138 · · Score: 5, Funny

    To date, only 11 men in history have free-flown a rocketbelt (aka JetPack)

    Make that 12, your forgetting Duke Nukem.

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