To Infinity

NY Post ^ | 8/26/2008 | Michael Pope

[the invisib1e hand]

ELTON John didn't see this one coming . . .

Real life "Rocket Man" Yves Rossy, 48, is planning a high-flying rocket mission over the English Channel that will be televised on American TV and around the world.

The daring stunt will air on the National Geographic Channel in primetime - as well as 165 other countries, officials said yesterday. They will also stream live video of the event on their Web site.

[Kevmo]

for the aviation ping list

This looks so cool.

[null and void]

...and beyond!

[SampleMan]

Any chance that we can strap Elton John into that rocket and shoot him into the English Channel?

[the invisib1e hand]

someone posted the video of an earlier flight a while ago, and it looked almost too perfect to be true. Very cool.

But on reading this today I thought... can a suicide bomber be taught to fly one of these things?