Comments on: Up, Up and (throw $250,000.00) Away!

Up, Up and (throw $250,000.00) Away!

YoBananaBoy — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:46:33 -0800

Here is your damn jetpack.

By: Pope Guilty

Pope Guilty — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:49:47 -0800

The future is finally here, so quit whining. Is that the message?

By: Malor

Malor — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:52:59 -0800

The future is here, in thirty-three second increments.

By: lazaruslong

lazaruslong — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:56:56 -0800

Tecnologia Aeroespacial Mexicana, for example, is selling a $250,000 jet pack that runs on hydrogen peroxide and keeps its wearer aloft for a whopping 30 seconds. Jetpack International offers a cheaper version for $155,000 that provides three more seconds of lift. Oh boy! So. A quarter million for 30 secs on Hydrogen Peroxide. Both companies are promising advanced models within the year that are powered by either propane or actual jet fuel. The lift time with these more combustible fuels is expected to be 19 minutes. Which with oil prices, means we are waiting for a model that runs on friggin jet fuel for a total of 19 minutes of airtime that will probably cost half a million. How much is 19 minutes worth of jet fuel anyways? In 5 years, how much will that be? I feel cheated. I want a jetpack with 6 hours of airtime that runs on HotPocket wrappers and AOL trial CDs. And an iPod dock.

By: sourwookie

sourwookie — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:00:29 -0800

You'll just burn your ankles off, kid.

By: lazaruslong

lazaruslong — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:03:59 -0800

I gotta add, Mexican Jetpacks that run on Hydrogen Peroxide sounds like something Stephen Colbert would be angry about / afraid of.

By: Pope Guilty

Pope Guilty — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:04:31 -0800

I'd rather have a Mr. Fusion, myself.

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:04:35 -0800

"Here is your damn jetpack"? And here's your damn bananas Yobananaboy. That was a let down. I wanted something fun like flying dude.

By: louche mustachio

louche mustachio — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:06:45 -0800

WELL IT'S ABOUT TIME. Stupid future.

By: mullingitover

mullingitover — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:07:01 -0800

Jet packs? Shit, we were supposed to have those decades ago. This late in the game, you'd better bring anti-gravity belts or go home.

By: furiousxgeorge

furiousxgeorge — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:16:58 -0800

So? Where are the frictionless skis and exploding frisbee launchers? Without those the jetpack is boring.

By: bigbigdog

bigbigdog — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:24:56 -0800

It's the Eighties, So Where's Our Rocket Packs?

By: djgh

djgh — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:26:09 -0800

Paging hover boards don't work on water for eponysterical opportunities in aisle 63664.

By: pelican

pelican — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:28:03 -0800

very near a double post

By: Citizen Premier

Citizen Premier — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:29:20 -0800

I'm more excited about the fact that the marines in Starcraft II are going to have jetpacks. Because, well, I'll be able to afford Starcraft II.

By: SassHat

SassHat — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:45:58 -0800

Dude, t's not a jetpack - it's a rocket belt.

By: Iron Rat

Iron Rat — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:05:50 -0800

Where is my robot mistress?

By: zardoz

zardoz — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:09:31 -0800

A quarter of a million dollars? That makes no sense.

By: StrikeTheViol

StrikeTheViol — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:16:55 -0800

I can make a post about jetpacks so much better than this one...but the question is, will people really care?

By: quin

quin — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:34:20 -0800

I'm with mullingitover, this rocket/jet thing is so 20th century. We live in the future, and as such, should be using gravic displacement devices and the like. We may have a couple of centuries before teleportation and stuff, but we should definitely be floating around and shit. Additionally; we are really going to need to have some semblance of artificial intelligence soon, and it's going to need to come with speech recognition. I'm tired of this keyboard shit, I need to be able to tell my computer "Say something clever on Mefi for me". And someone please explain to me why all this wasn't put into effect seven years ago when it became 'The Future'? I was given promises in the early '70s and I'm still waiting on way too much stuff here...

By: bennie

bennie — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:38:32 -0800

I gotta add, Mexican Jetpacks that run on Hydrogen Peroxide sounds like something Stephen Colbert would be angry about / afraid of. It's funny because it's true.

By: skyscraper

skyscraper — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:04:38 -0800

Heck, I never even got my atom-powered autogyro.

By: thecaddy

thecaddy — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:37:04 -0800

Where are my flying cars?

By: poweredbybeard

poweredbybeard — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:37:06 -0800

Meh. Call me when it's art-deco.

By: dejah420

dejah420 — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 23:28:23 -0800

Besides, didn't the Mythbuster Boys do a show on jetpacks and bust the idea?

By: loquacious

loquacious — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:25:47 -0800

A rocket belt is a slim belt-like object. That utilizes actual rockets. With fire. Hence, this is not a "rocket belt". Anyway, screw 'em both. I want a giant killer robot and a Jupiter brain.

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 01:22:55 -0800

When I say, "where's my flying car" or "where's my jetpack" what I'm saying is, where's one that I can actually afford, that works, which is awesomely cool? This is none of those things. I still want my flying car, my jetpack, my robot mistress, my Mister Fusion, my remote control weather device, my transporter pad to kickass vacation spots, and aliens from other planets with witty repartee and amusing anecdotes about cattle mutilations, AND I WANT ALL THIS AND MORE ABOUT SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS AGO.

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 01:23:36 -0800

...and a pony.

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 04:13:27 -0800

Don't you kids know nuthin'? You get yer flyin' contraption, and next thing you know there be Nazi's chasing you and yer best girl all around town tryin' to steal it from ya'. Sheesh.

By: Quonab

Quonab — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 06:44:21 -0800

A quarter of a million dollars? That makes no sense. 75k for the jet pack, 175k for the company's liability insurance.

By: CynicalKnight

CynicalKnight — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 10:29:15 -0800

Be careful what you wish for

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 10:38:29 -0800

Now that I've got my jet pack, can anyone tell me how to land the damn thing without breaking my freaking legs?

By: shmegegge

shmegegge — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 10:47:57 -0800

Where is my robot mistress? posted by Iron Rat at 12:05 AM on August 9 [+] [!] For real, I stopped caring about jet packs the instant I realized that the increasingly rapidly approaching singularity will bring with it realistic robotic sex slaves.

By: porpoise

porpoise — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:21:57 -0800

I'm still disappointed that HAL was supposed to have become operational more than 16 years ago. And Skynet was supposed to have become self-aware more than 11 years ago.

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:24:47 -0800

Which with oil prices, means we are waiting for a model that runs on friggin jet fuel for a total of 19 minutes of airtime that will probably cost half a million. When you possess tens of millions, hundreds of millions, even billions of dollars...well, these jetpacks are a cheap frivolity. A bit of fun, paid with casual cash. The ultra-rich do not inhabit the world you and I share.

By: sparkletone

sparkletone — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 23:54:58 -0800

I am one step closer to realizing my dreams.