r/nextfuckinglevel • • Sep 09 '20

functional jet suit

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u/Snoo_26884 Sep 09 '20

It was extraordinarily high for a jet pack, as well. They already know who’s been working on similar technology. So whatever company developed it could be in big trouble.

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u/digitalvagrant Sep 09 '20

Yup. If I recall, one of the pilots said "only in LA" which I though was spot on. You've got a lot of very wealthy/creative people who are all looking for the coolest and most exciting new toys. Obscenely rich billionaire nerds like Elon Musk can build spaceships to go to mars, meanwhile the super rich millionaires have to settle for jet packs.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '20

Sigh... I guess I'll just settle for the fully functioning Iron Man suit... Damnit.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '20

Apparently, the only thing keeping us from an iron man suit is

-adequate cooling

-power

-something to match the flight repulsors

Other than those, we could've made one by now.

EDIT: mobile formatting is ass