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PugJesus @lemmy.world

10 mo. ago • 99%

Jetpack test flight, Virginia, USA, 1969

21 comments

The mustache was definitely helping.

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- I thought that was a face shield of some kind.
  
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  Is it a mustache? It looks like a shield for sure... But then why's his nose out?
  
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  No guy is going to have a belly like that and then not have a mustache.
  
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  I thought he had a mustache under the face shield, but it might be a reflection rather than transparency.
  
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- Generates lift
  
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Almost 50 years later and they still aren't widely used

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- Their whooping 3 minutes of autonomy doesn't help much.
  
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  I guess that means we need... NUCLEAR jet packs!!!
  
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- Well it’s not exactly like riding a bike.
  
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  It's almost rocket science.
  
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That gap though.

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- Oh my god 😩
  
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He ate beans to help with the propulsion.

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i don't even want to know how loud

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Dr Robotnik gets his start.

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Spent my whole life in VA -- can confirm this is us

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Bro just entered ROCKETMAN

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