The Rocket Racing League was launched today. Pilots will race rocket planes over a course about two miles long, one mile wide, and one mile high for the coveted X PRIZE Cup in New Mexico once a year. These rocket planes will be based on the design of the XCOR Aerospace EZ-Rocket shown below. 
X-Racers, as these craft are to be called, will be fuelled by isopropyl alcohol and LOX. The RRL seems to have come up with an entirely new genre: “Aerospace Entertainment”. It’ll be interesting to see how this turns out. Diamandis Launches Rocket Racing League - Press Release, October 3, 2005
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I think jet pack racing would be even more compelling aerospace entertainment.
i hope they establish the most stringest safety requirements possible before this league really takes off.
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