Rocket Racing League Showcases New X-Racers

FleaPlus writes "The Rocket Racing League demonstrated two of their new 'Mark III' X-Racer rocketplanes at an air show in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Besides making for a fun show, the League also pushes the boundaries for reusable and easily maintainable rocket engines. (The X-Racer's liquid oxygen and ethanol rocket engine was made by John Carmack's Armadillo Aerospace, which recently released a video showcasing some of the rockets they've launched and landed in the past year.)"

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Re:Not mainstream

[longacre]

The masses want to see blood.

NASCAR is a 500 mile left turn, hoping somebody makes a right turn.

Rocket Race

[HTH NE1]

I miss Rocket Racing. It was fun riding on Mongooses and shooting other people off theirs with rocket launchers.

That is, fun as long as you were playing against people who actually played to win instead of just griefing to prevent anyone else from winning. It could have used a rule that expired the invulnerability for players that stayed off a ride too long.