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Rocket Racing League Flights With Armadillo Engine

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the now-with-more-cowbell dept.

Toren Altair mentions that the Rocket Racing League has video and pictures available from their recent flight tests of new Armadillo Aerospace liquid oxygen-alcohol engines. "Founded in 2005 by two-time Indianapolis 500 winning team partner Granger Whitelaw and X PRIZE Chairman and CEO Peter H. Diamandis, MD, the Rocket Racing League (RRL) is a new entertainment sports league that combines the exhilaration of racing with the power of rocket engines. To be held at venues across the country, the Rocket Racing League will feature multiple races pitting up to 10 Rocket Racers going head to head in a 4-lap, multiple elimination heat format on a 5-mile 'Formula One'-like closed circuit raceway in the sky."

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  1. Under the table by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's a game sailors play.

    You need a few drinking buddies, a long banquet table with a long, heavy tablecloth, and one prostitute.

    The idea is to sit at the table while the hooker(who is under the table) will chose one of the men at random and begin sucking his dick.

    The object of the game is to receive fellatio and come without making it known to the other guys. For example, if the hooker chooses you and you squirm or grunt whilst having your dick sucked, and one of the guys calls you on it, then you lose and you have to buy the next round of beers.

  2. WTF? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I had a comment, but this seems more insightful:

    Slashdot requires you to wait between each successful posting of a comment to allow everyone a fair chance at posting a comment.

    It's been 48 minutes since you last successfully posted a comment

    Why not just post the actual time limit? This is why "nerds" will never amount to anything. Too much of jizz-squirting power triping and hiding the details as you giggle.

    Chances are, you're behind a firewall or proxy, or clicked the Back button to accidentally reuse a form.

    No, I think I'd know if the firewall configuration changed in the last 48 minutes as I'd be the only one to change it. "Chances are" your system knows exactly why the post won't submit but you're unwilling to state it. Further, this last window was new, opened with Opera, with no chance of it being a back button or form reuse issue.

    1. Re:WTF? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      No. This is the first '-1' in a long time. I'm not saying I haven't pissed somebody off, but no other '-1' assuming that is your circular(jerk)-definition of "troll". BTW, I do not mind discussions with ACs - obviously - but I do mind discussions with ACs who are hiding a login or assume all other ACs are trolls. I do not have - on principle and practicality - a login. If that makes me not welcome to post, it should be made VERY explicit. My quote is accurate as to time length and lack of justification. Why would you assume otherwise?

      I am foremost a READER of slashdot and occasional poster. AC comments are - mod point for mod point - far superior to logged-in comments. There are few +3 default comments that are on par with a +3 AC comment. Every so often, slashdot does this to their own peril as many insightful comments can only come AC (or via a masked/anonymous login account - but what is the point if you don't have my name and address, them I am AC regardless).

  3. Check this out by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This picture shows a naked man stretching his anus to a large and disproportionate size, with the inside of his rectum clearly visible. Below his gaping anus, his dangling, semi-flaccid penis and scrotum are visible.

    http://www.goatse.cx