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NASA Building Giant Roller Coaster For Science

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the still-no-excuse-for-300ft-pinwheel dept.

Jamie found a story of NASAs Giant "Science" Roller Coaster. It will be used as an escape chute on rocket launchpads, and will be the 3rd highest drop in the world. More like the Cedar Point Demon Drop than a roller coaster, but still, I'd ride it.

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  1. Re:Whee! by cheebie · · Score: 3, Informative

    Correcting myself.

    I just remembered that they don't slide down individually. There's a
    basket they all get into, and THAT slides down the wire. Still sounds
    like a fun ride, as long as there aren't several tons of rocket fuel
    about to explode behind you.