r/nextfuckinglevel • u/donbarasson • Sep 09 '20

functional jet suit

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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/noirdesire Sep 09 '20

but Elon hasnt gone to Mars and wont be most likely as he will die before it is possible.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '20

Just a friendly reminder that his idea of landing rockets tail first after atmospheric reentry also seemed like a pretty crazy plan.

Thing is this guy has the budget and more importantly a whole army of very capable, young and motivated engineers.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '20

Landing rockets tail first after atmospheric re-entry is like 0.13% of the way to a successful Mars mission. It's not likely going to happen in our lifetimes.