The Rocket Racing League

[Cowperson]

You wouldn't be a heterosexual male if this didn't interest you on some level . . . .

The man behind the $10 million X Prize for private spaceflight is joining forces with a venture capitalist who's also an Indy car backer to establish a NASCAR-like racing league for rocket-powered aircraft.

X Prize founder Peter Diamandis and race car capitalist Granger Whitelaw took the wraps off the Rocket Racing League during a Monday news conference, just days before a rocket plane demonstration that could serve as a model for the races.

This might have some fondly remembering the cutting edge airplane races of the 1930's . . . .

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9572408/

Cowperson

[RougeUnderoos]

That's neat and all but...

Diamandis said the rockets would fly at speeds of 200 to 300 mph (320 to 480 kilometers per hour).

Do they really need a rocket to go that fast? They've got cars and motorcycles that go faster than that.