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12/21/24
12/21/24
October 07, 2007
The Sky's Not the Limit: For the near-term, the tracks will remain in the atmosphere, but it’s not inconceivable that the race eventually will go higher. “The goal is that, in 10 years, we’ll race into suborbital space,” Bridenstine says. “And in 20 years, we’d want to be racing in orbits around the Earth. Very exciting to think about.”
I made a reference to rocket racing in a comment to this post last month. This article, from the Smithsonian's Air & Space magazine is another take on the subject. It sounds like a much safer and more enjoyable alternative to the conventional pylon racing. Thanks for posting this, bobfoot.