Comments on: Rocket Racers take to the skies in Tulsa

By: Nuclear Rocket

Nuclear Rocket — Tue, 04 May 2010 17:07:22 +0000

Rocket Racer would be more amazing if it could be powered by an aneutronic nuclear fusion reactor, propelling it at outstanding speeds that could thrust it to orbit.

By: rocketjohnnyk

rocketjohnnyk — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:17:55 +0000

I truly look forward to this league and all the technolgical advances it may bring to airframes. I envision racing would bring innovation to safety in the area of cockpit survivability similar to the way NASCAR and F-1 has done with the (NASCAR) HANS and F-1 driver compartment crash testing.
I know Langley (NASA LaRC) has a ‘drop-test’ facility for cockpit survivability, I imagine they would welcome ‘new work’ in ensuring RRL cockpits are survivable crew compartments.
If RRL innovation resulted in a survivable cockpit, imagine how that could be adapted to helicopter, single engine aircraft and even Personal jet/sub-orbital rocket powered ‘personal’ craft.

By: rocketjohnnyk

rocketjohnnyk — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:45:57 +0000

I tried to stream this on SAT but was unsuccessful beyond frozen sequential stills, so thank you for this vid.

I am very excited about this league specifically and the technology in general! I would enjoy an enhancement that would increase the competition ‘thrill’ and would drive the technology also: make the leading edge/nose/cockpit airframe members to be comprised of materials/components that would withstand a rocket exhaust plume, and then have the competion allow drafting/dogfighting versus parallel course runs.

I would love to see if run at the tracks/venues prior at F-1 auto races, at least at the races that have the ‘room’ to allow such an event to occur.

My best to the league and all of New Space.

John Kazeva: Shuttle-ELV-ISS-Orion “old space” Human Spaceflight Hardware Payload/Cargo Integration Engineer