In article MMk0f.439520$xm3.345436@attbi_s21,
John Ousterhout wrote:

When I saw this I thought it was the craziest thing I've seen since the
Moller Skycar: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9572408/


When I saw THIS it confirmed my opinion:
http://www.rocketracingleague.com/co...ship-team.html

- John Ousterhout -


Interesting -- Since rocket motors consume propellant at prodigious
rates, the actual powered-flight portion of such a race would be quite
short -- on the order of a couple of minutes max.

I think that the whole thing would prove to be pretty much a non-event.