Grand Prix rocket racing

If you enjoyed the pod racing scene in Star Wars or have spent an hour or five lost in WipeOut on the Playstations 1 and 2, how cool does this sound:

Peter Diamandis, the man behind the $10m X-Prize for suborbital space travel, has brought forward his new initiative: the Rocket Racing League. The RRL will see Grand Prix-style races between rocket planes, flown by top pilots through a "3D trackway" just 5,000ft (1,500m) above the ground. The first "X-Racers" will be built for the series, but it is hoped new teams will soon enter with novel designs.

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