http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/10/26/8800.aspx Rocket Racing League Rocket science has become a common way to refer to anything that's difficult to do - but turning rocket science into a marketable entertainment event is almost as difficult as the science itself. Many have tried, includingen-USCommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/10/26/8800.aspx#8951Thu, 26 Oct 2006 22:20:16 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:8951Alan Sheets, Loveland COThe HUD in that picture looks like one that Microsoft put in an older version of MS Flight Simulator about 12 years back. Back then, the software manual said that something like this "might" be used to assist pilots making difficult approaches in bad weather in the future. Did that future ever come true?http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/10/26/8800.aspx#8952Thu, 26 Oct 2006 22:20:32 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:8952John J. Corbin, Fort Worth, TexasI'm not sure it's a good idea, safety wise, for rocket planes to behave like NASCAR racers. The occasional air show accident is one thing, but having rockets collide with each other (or with airplanes) in the sky is quite another. And, why heretofore have there not been NASCAR-like airplane races? Same safety reasons, perhaps?http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/10/26/8800.aspx#8972Thu, 26 Oct 2006 23:22:43 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:8972Chuck Misajon,Louisville,KentuckyI think an entertaining name should be "Sequence-Zero Gravity"......thanks...http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/10/26/8800.aspx#8996Fri, 27 Oct 2006 02:05:02 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:8996Justin M, Alexandria, VAThe rocket racing league is a unique development intended to parallel aircraft racing leagues of the early 20th century. These events effectively increased knowledge of airframes and engine design to the end where world records were being set on the courses. The goals of this league are simply - making the development of rocket technology a profitable and entertaining endeavor. The challenges - keeping the rocketeers fueled long enough to actually make an interesting race, keep the race within the spectators field of view, and avoid excessive loss of life and equipment because face it - with cars things just aren't that unconstrained. Should be great fun to watch though - I plan on being in New Mexico for next year's race.http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/10/26/8800.aspx#9109Fri, 27 Oct 2006 17:52:02 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:9109SwordBuddha, Omaha, NERE: Wired: Battle of the new atheism I would very strongly reccomend to anyone who took any sort of interest in this article two very good and enlightening books by Joseph Campbell. They are The Hero With A Thousand Faces and The Power Of Myth. I was raised to be Christian, then became a Buddhist with varying degrees of atheism and agnosticism in between. After having read Campbell, I've become something wholely other and far more spiritually satisfying. A little comparative mythology goes a very long way.